Author(s): Dr. M Rajeswari and S Princy

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the Effects of combination of aerobic dance and brain gym on selected psychological variables among school girls. The study was formulated as pre and posttest random group design. The selected subjects were the participants of the school girls in the Trichy district. The age of the subjects for the study was ranged in between 14 to 18 years. The subjects were randomly selected and divided into three equal groups - Group I aerobic dance with brain gym and Group II control group and each group consisting of 15 subjects, totally 30 subjects. The selected subjects were initially tested on the criterion variables are anxiety, stress and self esteem used in the study and it is considered as the pre-test. After assessing the pre-test, the subjects belonging to the aerobic dance, the group I treated aerobic dance with brain gym and the group II control group was not given specific training. The collected data were statistically analyzed with a paired (sample) t test to find out the significant improvement between pre and post-test of all the groups. The groups during the experimental period of twelve weeks to the criterion measures were tested for the significance by applying t test at 0.05 levels. It was considered as sufficient for the study. Before and after training the pre-test and the post test was conducted for the two groups. Subjects in the experimental groups were treated with the respective treatment for three days a week for the duration of 12 weeks. After completion of the treatment period all the subjects were again tested on the criterion variables and considered as the post test. It was concluded that the group I aerobic dance with brain gym after 12 weeks training showed a significant improvements on the selected psychology variables.

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