Hardiness, self-esteem and perceived stress: A correlational study among Indian female wrestlers

Pages: 586-590
Aditi Kadian and Sonia Malik (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Empowered women can have a huge impact in nation building. Women can be empowered to build up self confidence and decrease stress level but require some time. Physical activity and sports are the tool that can be used to empower women that have lost self confidence and to achieve the desired goal also. The variables chosen for present investigation method are Hardiness, Self esteem and Perceived stress. A correlational design was adopted; 180 female wrestlers across the wrestling facilities across Delhi and Haryana with mean age 20.76 ± 2.281 were selected. Self esteem inventory by Virk and Chauhan (2003) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) by developed Sheldon Cohen (1983); and Hardiness scale developed by Maddi and Kobasa (1984) were used for the present investigation. Descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations were used. Significant and positive correlations were found between the hardiness and self- esteem and also between the sub-scales of hardiness. Significant and negative relation was found between self-esteem and perceived stress; no significant relation was found between hardiness and perceived stress. It can be concluded that sports can be a great tool to enhance the self-esteem and hardiness levels of women and also decrease their stress levels.