RESULTS

Part I

The breath rate of the Community Home group was significantly higher than that of the group from a regular school using the Mann-Whitney U test [U value obtained is 348. for n1=n2=number in each group=20, U=319 at .001 (two-tailed) probability level, hence p<.001]. Also, skin resistance of the Community Home group was significantly lower than that of the regular school group [U value obtained is 272. For n1 = n2 = 20, U= 262 at the .05 (one-tailed) probability level, and U=273 at the .05 (two-tailed) probability level, hence p < .05]. The group mean values ± SD are presented in Table 1.

TABLE 1: Means and standard deviations for Heart rate, Respiratory rate, and Skin resistance values in Community Home Girls and those from a Regular Schools

Part II

There was a significant decrease in the heart rates of both Yoga and Games groups of Community Home girls at the end of six months compared with their respective baseline values, using the Wilcoxon paired-sample test [T= 1 for the Yoga group and T= 2 for the Games group. For n

TABLE II : Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, Skin Resistance Values in Yoga and Games Groups or Community Home Girls at the Beginning (1) and End (2) of Six Months

(number of pairs)=14, T=4 at the .001] two-tailed probability level, hence P< .001. The Yoga group alone showed a significant reduction in the breath rate [T value obtained is 14. For n = 14, T= 15 at the .02 (two-tailed) probability level, hence p <.02]. The group mean values + SD are presented in Table 2.