Momentous stamping of martial arts to psychological well being Dr. Thomas Dominic1, Dr. Rahiman K. Abdul2 1Principal, SES College, Sreekandapuram, Kannur University 2Rahiman Associate Professor of Physical Education, Keyi Sahib Training College, Taliparamba, Kannur University Online published on 7 December, 2019. Abstract The doctrines and ideology of psychological well being proposes a novel way to recognize and appraise people's behaviors, manner of management styles, attitudes, interpersonal capacities and skills and personal abilities and their innate potentials. Psychological well being is an important consideration in human possessions, management, personal and inter-personal relations and other services, and much more… It is one of the most prominent aims which individuals as well as societies attempt for. It is the feeling of contentment, happiness, satisfaction work together with the experiences acquires during one's life situations. This investigation examined the association of Kalarippayattu; the traditional form of Indian martial art participation to psychological well being. The study was conducted at College level students of north Kerala and compared the psychological attributes of well being of Traditional martial arts participants with non-participants of boys and girls. PWBS formulated by Dr. Devendra Singh Sisodia and Pooja Chaudhary was the tool used to collect the data. The scale covers Satisfaction, Efficiency, Sociability, Menatal Health and Inter Personal relations, finally summed up with over all performance. Two hundred students of Martial arts participants and non participants from among colleges of north Kerala were analyzed for the study during classroom situation. Data sheets were supplied and analyzed with the help of scoring keys. The results of the study were subjected to percentile analysis and finally compared the range of psychological well being of martial art participants with non participants of boys and girls by applying statistical treatment ‘t’ ratio. The conducted study establishes that the martial art participation is the best activity to improve psychological well being at College level. Level of significance chosen was 0.5. Top Keywords Kalarippayattu, the traditional form of Indian martial art. Top |