title: Yoga therapy for promoting emotional sensitivity in University students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Students need emotional intelligence (EI) for their better academic excellence. There are three important psychological dimensions of EI: Emotional sensitivity (ES), emotional maturity (EM) and emotional competency (EC), which motivate students to recognize truthfully, interpret honestly and handle tactfully the dynamics of their behavioral pattern.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study was designed to assess ES in the students undergoing yoga therapy program in the form of yoga instructor's course (YIC) module.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and eighty four YIC students with 25.77 ± 4.85 years of mean age participated in this study of 21 days duration (a single group pre-post design). The ES data was collected before (pre) and after (post) YIC module using Emotional Quotient test developed by Dr Dalip Singh and Dr N K Chadha.
  
  
  METHODS
  Means, standard deviations, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and Wilcoxon signed rank test were used for analyzing the data with the help of SPSS 16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data analysis showed 3.63% significant increase (P < 0.01) in ES.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study suggests that YIC module can result in improvement of ES among university students, thus paving the way for their academic success. Additional well-designed studies are needed before a strong recommendation can be made.
authors.affiliation: Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Tikhe Sham
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ganpat
authors.affiliation: (S-VYASA) University, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Sasmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.affiliation: Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Nagendra Hongasandra
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ramarao
keywords: Academic success; emotional sensitivity; yoga instructor's course