Flow and psychological well-being in performing artists

Pages: 1873-1875
Shruti P. Soudi and Shanmukh V. Kamble (PG Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka)

Arts have a great role in helping us reaching and exploring parts of ourselves that are often inaccessible to other systems of human interaction. It travels below the radar, bringing sustenance for our personalities and coming up with tales from the inner most self. A creation deprived of art is an insensitive world. producing and imbibing arts boost our spirits and retains us well-balanced. Creative work, like science and religion, benefits us by making most of our lives, leaving us feeling us feel better.” Artist “In each phase, the arts have encouraged individuals and provided them solace. Professor Lord Layard. Present study focuses on an optimal experience and psychological well-being of Musicians and Theatre artists. The aim of present investigation is to know the significant difference between Musicians and Theatre artists. The primary data was collected from respondents by administering Flow Short Scale (Rheinberg, Vollmever, & Engeser, 2008) and Psychological well-being scale (Ryff, 1989) on Professional Musicians and Theatre artists. The outcomes revealed that there is very high significant difference between Musicians and theatre artists on their challenge-skill balance. There exists significantly very high positive correlation between Flow and Purpose in life and Self-acceptance. Finally, There is significantly very high positive correlation between Challenge-skill Balance and Purpose in life.