Abstract
AbstractDance is a dynamic root point to develop emotional maturity, self-esteem and life satisfaction. The present study aims to examine emotional maturity towards dancer’s life satisfaction through the presence of self-esteem. The study intentionally portrays co-association between study variables like, emotional maturity, self-esteem and life satisfaction through SEM. It divulges direct and indirect model with elucidating path relationship by using structural equation model. Data were collected from traditional dancers (176 Odissi and 116 folk dancers) at Odisha state in India by administering Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, emotional maturity scale, life satisfaction scale and demographic information profile. The results reveal that all the variables of factor loading are greater than 0.40 based on EFA and CFA. The multivariate analysis technique used to perform the structural model of variables and their inter-relationship. Furthermore, the indirect model declared satisfactory model that the magnitude...
Highlights
The scientific study of traditional dance is comparatively of recent origin and linked with many areas worldwide
Emotional maturity have five dimensions like Emotional stability, Emotional progression, Social adjustment, Personal integration and Independence; Self-esteem has two factors like Positive attitude and negative attitude; and Life satisfaction was introduced in five areas like Pleasure activity, Meaningful life, Positive self-image, Optimal outlook and Achieving goals
The model explains significant decrements in fit according to the Goodness-of-fit index (GFI) (0.92), Comparative fit index (CFI) (0.95), Normed fit index (NFI) (0.93) and RMESA (0.83)
Summary
The scientific study of traditional dance is comparatively of recent origin and linked with many areas worldwide. The arena of dance-related research work is mounting very rapidly in developed countries of the World and in developing countries, in India. As per the region of India all traditional dances were originated from their own respective cultures and traditions. The traditional dances are formulated from that archeological work which was extremely traditional following the strict rules of the Bharatha Muni (saint) in the Natyashastra is a great oldest surviving Natya text in the world. In India and in whole world realize and imagine that the traditional dance reached the upper head of society for their famous Indian traditional norms, gestures, costumes etc. Exponents believe that Indian classical dance has a calibre of creating a new and disciplined life style in society from various directions
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