The Effectiveness of Sahaja Yoga Training on the Attention, Hyperactivi-ty, Parental Stress, Academic Self-efficacy and Academic Achievements in Student with ADHD

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of SahajaYoga training on attention¡ hyperactivity¡ parental stress¡ academic self-efficacy and academic achievements in stu-dents with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 20 students ageing 8 to 11 years with ADHD and 20 parents of these students. The par-ticipants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. By SNAP-IV scale (form of parents)¡ parental stress was measured by the Par-enting Stress Scale (PSI)¡ academic self-efficacy questionnaire of hashemi was used to measure academic self-efficacy beliefs and academic rec-ords was used to measure the academic achieve-ment. The independent t-test and U mann-whitney test were used to analyze the collected data.
Re-sults: The results indicated that there was a signifi-cant difference between the experimental and con-trol groups in terms of attention deficit-hyperactivity’s symptoms¡ academic self-efficacy and most items of parental stress except accepta-bility¡ sense of competence¡ parental attachment. Also¡ there was no significant difference in aca-demic achievements.
According to this study¡ it seems that Sahaja Yoga exercises can be used to ameliorate ADHD symptoms¡ improve performance of these children and reducing paren-tal stress.