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Sudarsan Behera ¹, Manaswini Dash ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, IN

Abstract

Now a days teaching profession is perceived by the teachers as a very stressful occupations they have to do a variety of works. The present study has been designed to study stress and spirituality among school teachers in relation to several demography variables such as gender, age, locality of work and residence, length of work experience, and type of school in which they are working. For this purpose a purposive sample of 240 school teachers with equal number of teachers from three different types of schools, i.e., elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools of Odisha were administered the Indore Teacher Job Stressor Scale (Rathod&Varma, 2005) and the Spirituality transcendence Scale (Reker&Prabhu, 1989). One-way Analyses of Variances revealed significant differences in total amount of stress experienced as well as spirituality as a function of locality and type of school. It is suggested that in the face of stress teachers are using spirituality as a coping mechanism which in turn, reduces their stress level. The results are discussed in socio-educational context of Odisha.

Keywords

Stress, Spirituality, School Teachers.

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Sudarsan Behera ¹, B. Rangaiah ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, IN

Abstract

Dance is a dynamic ischolar_main to develop emotional expression and feelings through body movement and gesture. Dancer's internal and external feelings are directly related to their satisfaction. The present objectives has been designed:- to investigate the significant differences and mutual interactions among dancers on various dimensions of emotional maturity and life satisfaction, to examine the demographic variables and various dimensions of emotional maturity will be predicting life satisfaction. The study consisted sample of 200 traditional dancers from Odisha. Research instruments; Emotional maturity Scale (Singh & Bhargav), Life satisfaction scale (Singh & Joseph, 1997) were used to collect the data from respondents. Hypotheses were tested by using, Mean, SD, F-ratio and multiple regression analysis. The results found that a significant difference among dance groups on emotional progression, social adjustment, personal integration and total emotional maturity. Furthermore, the results revealed that the dimensions like, emotional stability, emotional progression, personal integration and independent were significantly contributing towards life-satisfaction. The results will discuss on socio-cultural context of India.

Keywords

Emotional Maturity, Life Satisfaction, Traditional Dance Forms, Odissi and Folk Dances.

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