Combining yoga with expressive writing to improve incarcerated person health: a randomized waitlist control design.
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| Title: | Combining yoga with expressive writing to improve incarcerated person health: a randomized waitlist control design. |
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| Authors: | Ferdik, Frank1 (AUTHOR) ferdikf@apsu.edu, Smith, Hayden P.2 (AUTHOR), Gooch, Leah3 (AUTHOR), Boyd, Cassidy1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Justice, Opportunities & Rehabilitation. Aug/Sep2025, Vol. 64 Issue 6, p423-443. 21p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Emotion regulation, *Emotions, *Self-esteem, Prisoners, Mental health, Yoga |
| Abstract: | Custodial populations commonly experience depression, low resilience, difficulty regulating emotions, and poor self-esteem. Separate from one another, yoga and expressive writing have each been found to improve incarcerated person mental health, yet to date, no study has evaluated their combined effects on these outcomes. In a New York state prison for men, (N = 28) participants were randomly assigned either to a comprehensive yoga-expressive writing intervention (n = 16), or a waitlist control group (n = 12). Significant improvements in the depression, resilience, emotional regulation, and self-esteem levels of the treatment group were detected at post-intervention. Policy implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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