Author(s)

Juri Iwazaki, Koichiro Aoki, Chieko Kato, Keishin Kimura

Graduate School of Faculty of Information Science and Arts, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Japan.

This study aimed to examine the effects on mental health and subjective well-being of busy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a nine-week period of yoga practice using 30-minute videos on YouTube. A one-way analysis of variance was performed on the data obtained from the control group, the group practicing less than once a week, and the group practicing more than once a week, to examine the changes before the first week of practice and after the ninth week of practice. The results of multiple comparisons using the Tukey method showed that there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the control group and the more than once a week practice group, in the total score of GHQ12, F1 and F2 of the mood scale, and physical functioning. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were also found between the control group and the practice group less than once a week in F2. These results suggest that yoga practice using YouTube video may be an effective method of stress management in the Corona disaster, as a method of improving mental health and increasing positive emotions that lead to a subjective well-being.

Yoga, Mental Health, Subjective Well-Being, Statistical Analysis, COVID-19 Pandemic, YouTube

Iwazaki, J. , Aoki, K. , Kato, C. and Kimura, K. (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic and the Verification of Effects of Yoga Intervention Using YouTube on Mental Health and Subjective Happiness of Workers. Psychology, 12, 2083-2096. doi: 10.4236/psych.2021.1212126.