31, May 2025

Examining the True Determinants of Well-being and Happiness among Yoga-Practicing and Non-Practicing Students in Kolkata

VOLUME-9; ISSUE-5; MAY-2025

Author(s): Urmi Saha, Dr. Dipty Subba

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1 Urmi Saha, 2 Dr. Dipty Subba

1 Research Scholar, Department of Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

2 Associate Professor, Department of Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202505025     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202505025


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Yoga has generated multiple claims for improving mental well-being and happiness. However, this study investigates whether yoga practice does have significant effects on these meanings concerned or if other external determinants influence the oralities more. With a sample size of 258 students from Kolkata, the research tried to compare among yoga practitioners (N = 164) and their non-nonpractitioners peers (N = 94) applying the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Analysis from t-tests and ANOVA revealed no significant difference in well-being and happiness between yoga practitioners and non-practitioners (p > .05). Other factors, such as age and education level, were found to have a greater influence on well-being and happiness. This concurs with research establishing that well-being is not a single-dimensional attribute but rather is influenced by aspects like financial stability, social relationships, and personality traits beyond yoga alone. The study undermines this oversimplified claim of yoga being synonymous with happiness, calling for a balanced viewpoint to mental welfare integrating multiple socio-psychological perspectives. The results gainfully offer educators, policymakers, and mental health practitioners’ useful ideas in finding effective approaches in addressing student well-being other than yoga-based interventions.

Mental Wellbeing, Happiness, Yoga, Adolescent

Urmi Saha,  Dr. Dipty Subba (2025); Examining the True Determinants of Well-being and Happiness among Yoga-Practicing and Non-Practicing Students in Kolkata, International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 9,   Issue –  5,  Pp.150-157.       Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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