TY - JOUR AU - Birdee, Gurjeet S. AU - Sohl, Stephanie J. AU - Wallston, Ken PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/06 TI - Development and Psychometric Properties of the Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale (YSES) JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 3 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Yoga is a behavioral practice that uses physical movement, breathing, and meditation to improve health and promote personal transformation. Ancient yoga philosophy proposed that an individual’s confidence about yoga, a concept similar to self-efficacy, will affect the likelihood of improved health from yoga practice. The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of a self-efficacy measure for yoga practice (the Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale; YSES). SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0981-0 DO - 10.1186/s12906-015-0981-0 ID - Birdee2016 ER -