The relationship between self efficacy, hardiness and perceived stress amongst professional dancers
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Stress and self efficacy are important variables related to performance and skill in the case of professional dancers. The purpose of this study was to see the correlation between self efficacy, hardiness and perceived stress in professional dancers. Dance affects the overall personality of an individual. Dance can improve mental health of an individual. Professional dancer is the performer who dances professionally and requires the innate talent to interpret and communicate stories and feelings through the physical form. Methodology: Professional dancers of the age group of 25-35 were given questionnaires of General Self Efficacy (GSE), Hardiness scale (HS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the findings were statistically analyzed. Results: The findings revealed a significant correlation between all the three variables amongst professional dancers. The r value was found to be significant at 0.01 level. There was a positive correlation between self efficacy and hardiness and negative correlation between self efficacy and perceived stress, and hardiness and perceived stress. Conclusions: Further studies in larger samples along with better psychological scales and variables are essential to consolidate the results of the current study.
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Shivali Shinde, Vaishnavi Verma, Archana Patki
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- EP ID EP250813
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.4.2016.419-425
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