Performing as an illusionist requires having adequate internal and personality resources. These determine the success of stage performance and have an impact on how an individual perceives self, and influence the self-esteem. The aim of the article is to determine how ego-resiliency, self-efficacy, and optimism influence the self-esteem of top-world magicians. A group of 50 top world magicians – world champions of magic – took part in the research. The participants were surveyed using the Self-Esteem Scale (SES), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the Ego-Resiliency Scale (ER11), and the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R). Results showed positive, statistically significant correlations between self-esteem and: self-efficacy, ego-resiliency dimensions, and positive life orientation amongst the surveyed sample. Moreover, stepwise regression analysis allowed determining predictors of self-esteem, where the strongest one was optimism.
Being a theatre actor requires specific abilities, such as the ability to function in situations of social exposure, to feel and express different emotions in a short time, and feel exactly like the character they play. This profession is perceived as unique and prestigious. The aim of this research was to establish the predictors of the sense of quality of life in a group of actors. The study involved 52 professional theatre actors. The results showed a positive correlation between the sense of quality of life and dimensions of emotional intelligence, social competences, and self-esteem. Moreover, the predictor that explains the largest variance in the subjective quality of life in the group of actors is the acceptance of emotions.
BackgroundThe sense of the quality of life is an important variable, especially in the context of the profession; therefore it seems essen-tial to capture the variables that predict this construct. The aim of the article was to show how self-esteem, emotional in-telligence and social competences explain the sense of quality of life in a group of illusionists (N = 53).Participants and procedureThe aim of the article was to show how self-esteem, emotional intelligence and social competences explain the sense of quality of life in a group of illusionists (N = 53). Moreover, the moderating role of the stage experience of relationships be-tween predictors and the explained variable was checked. Polish tools were used in the study: the Popular Questionnaire of Emotional Intelligence, the Questionnaire of Social Competences and the Sense of Quality of Life Questionnaire.ResultsAmong the predictors that explained the sense of quality of life to the greatest extent (in the psychosocial, subjective and metaphysical spheres) were the acceptance of emotions and social competences. Stage experience turned out to be a moderator of the relation between emotional intelligence and the subjective sphere of the sense of quality of life.ConclusionsThe conducted research may constitute the basis for changing the approach to everyday functioning in order to improve the sense of quality of life.
CelCelem badania było sprawdzenie, jak cechy osobowości modelu Wielkiej Piątki wiążą się z poziomem uważności u Mistrzów Świata Sztuki Iluzji FISM.
MetodaUczestnikami byli laureaci FISM (N = 50) z 20 krajów. Do pomiaru cech osobowości i uważności, odpowiednio, użyto International Personality Item Pool Big Five Markers 50 (IPIP-BFM-50) oraz Skali Uważnej Obecności (MAAS).
WynikiAnaliza regresji wykazała, że stabilność emocjonalna i sumienność wyjaśniają 47% uważności u laureatów FISM.
WnioskiTylko dwie cechy osobowości przewidywały uważność u badanych iluzjonistów, co należy interpretować jako wynik wstępny.
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