Relationship between Emotional Maturity and Life Satisfaction among Traditional Dancers of Odisha

By : Babu Rangaiah, Sudarsan Behera

Page No: 163-170

Abstract
The paper reports an empirical study on the relationship between Emotional maturity and Life satisfaction, particularly among traditional dancers of Odisha. The social life of traditional dancers depends on psychological experience of emotion and life satisfaction. People practicing different forms of dance could be significantly different from each other in terms of specific psycho-social parameters like their emotional maturity, and level of satisfaction about their life. Hence, an investigation of the relationship between emotional maturity and life satisfaction among traditional dancers of Odisha has been undertaken. The investigation consisted sample of 240 Traditional dancers (120 dancers from Odissi and 120 of folk dancers) of Odisha. The method of purposive sampling has been used to select the sample. The data were collected using Emotional Maturity Scale (Singh and Bhargav, 1990) and Life satisfaction scale (Singh and Joseph, 1997) along with demographical data schedule prepared by researcher. Results indicated that there was no significant relationship between Emotional maturity and Life satisfaction among traditional dancers of Odisha. Further, the results also found significant difference in Emotional maturity and Life satisfaction between dancers. The results are discussed on sociocultural context of Odisha with the implications of the study.

Authors :
Sudarsan Behera : Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014.
Babu Rangaiah : Associate Professor—Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014.