Resilience and Life Satisfaction among Karate and Kalaripayattu Practitioners

By : Athira Sivan, Fathima Zeba K.H

Page No: 59-69

Abstract
With modernization and advancement in technology, people are overwhelmed by the stressors in their life. The repeated failures to combat with the stressors have widened its focus on improving the resilience of the person. Resilience to stressors provides a wealth of improving the overall wellbeing and satisfaction with life. Training of martial arts not only helps to cope with the stressful realities of life but also improve the self-esteem, self-control, emotional and spiritual health of the practitioner. The present study was done with a purpose of understanding the level of resilience and life satisfaction among the karate and kalaripayattu practitioners. Convenient sampling technique was adopted for the study and a total of 120 participants which included 40 karate practitioners, 40 kalaripayattu practitioners and 40 those who did not participate in any kind of physical activity for the past one year were included for the study. Resilience scale by Conner and Davidson (2003) and Satisfaction with life scale by Diener & Pavot (2008) was used for the study. The coded data was analysed and the result showed that there is a significant difference between the resilience and life satisfaction among karate, kalaripayattu and general population. The karate practitioners were found to have the highest level of resilience and life satisfaction. The study provides an insight to how martial art practice can improve the resilience and life satisfaction of the practitioners and further can be included in the curriculum.

Authors :
Athira Sivan : 2nd MSc Psychology – MES College, Marampally, Kerala, India.
Fathima Zeba K.H : Assistant Professor – MES College, Marampally, Kerala, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2023.18.01.7