Flow and psychological well-being of musicians and dancers

Pages: 1896-1899
Shruti P. Soudi and Shanmukh V Kamble (PG Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka)

The arts are thinking tools, a way for communication. The purpose of the arts goes way beyond creativity and imagination (Morgan, 2009). However why do the performing artists do what do they do is yet unclear. There is growing evidence that engagement in activities like dance, music, drama, painting and reading help ease our minds and heal our bodies but the impact of art on an artist himself is yet to be understood explicitly. The aim of the study is to understand the significant difference between Musicians, and dancers on flow and Psychological Well-being. 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 Dancers. The Results revealed that the difference between Musicians and Dancers is not significant on Flow. There is very high significant difference found between musicians and dancers on challenge-skill balance. There is significant difference found between musicians and dancers on purpose in life. There is significant difference between musicians and dancers on their self-acceptance. There is significantly very high positive correlation between flow and psychological well-being. There is significantly very high positive correlation between challenge-skill balance and purpose in life.