Citation: Chandan Shaw & Ashoke Mukherjee (2022). Quality of Life of Taekwondo Players: An Assessment Using WHOQOL-BREF. J Adv Sport Phys Edu, 5(10): 211-218. 211 Journal of Advances in Sports and Physical Education Abbreviated Key Title: J Adv Sport Phys Edu ISSN 2616-8642 (Print) |ISSN 2617-3905 (Online) Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Journal homepage: https://saudijournals.com Original Research Article Quality of Life of Taekwondo Players: An Assessment Using WHOQOL- BREF Mr. Chandan Shaw 1 , Mr. Ashoke Mukherjee 2* 1 MPED, Assistant Teacher, Tribeni Tissues Vidyapith, Chandrahati, West Bengal-712504, India 2 Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, Vinaya Bhavana Visva-Bharati Santiniketan-731235, West Bengal, India DOI: 10.36348/jaspe.2022.v05i10.001 | Received: 21.08.2022 | Accepted: 02.10.2022 | Published: 07.10.2022 *Corresponding author: Mr. Ashoke Mukherjee Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, Vinaya Bhavana Visva-Bharati Santiniketan-731235, West Bengal, India Abstract The present study aimed to assess male and female Taekwondo (TKD) players based on four domains of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -BREF and to find the dominant domain in TKD players' life. Forty-six (46) male and fifty-five (55) female participants were included in the study through purposive random sampling. The information on four quality of life domains, i.e., physical health, psychological, social relationship, and environment, were gathered through the WHOQOL-BREF Bengali version (WHO, 2020) questionnaire. The researchers analysied the data through descriptive analysis, ANOVA, LSD, and students' t-tests at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis revealed that irrespective of Gender, the social relation domain plays a dominant role in TKD players' life, and the male TKD players are better than their female counterparts in the physical health domain only. Based on the result, we concluded that regular practice and participation in the TKD program help the participant to develop all four aspects of WHOQOL- BREF. Among the four domains, the participants scored significantly better in the social relation domain in both gender groups. The interpersonal relations and interaction among the players during a practice session and competition may be the possible reason behind such kind of result. In the inter-group comparison, the male participants responded significantly better in the physical health domain than the female participants, possibly because of some physical and physiological gender differences. Keywords: Taekwondo, WHOQOL-BREF, Domains, Social relation, Physical health. Copyright © 2022 The Author(s): This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use provided the original author and source are credited. GENERAL INTRODUCTION Taekwondo (TKD), an official Olympic sport, is a kind of martial arts formed to train the body and mind approximately five thousand (5000) years ago during the Shilla period in Korea to produce the country's leaders (USATKD, 2022). Performing different kinds of movement poses by synchronizing peaceful mind and body are the unique features of TKD, which brings harmony to life and society (USATKD, 2022). These unique activities and characteristics of TKD ensure an individual's balanced growth and development and ultimately make TKD a way of Life (USATKD, 2022). Unlike other martial arts practicing and participating in TKD provides physical, physiological, psychological, and life skill benefits as it develops strength, stamina, flexibility, coordination, concentration, goal setting, decision making, self- defense, self-esteem, respect, discipline, etc. (Nair, 2020). Furthermore, it is also beneficial for developing a healthy community (Burke et al., 2007). So it can be said that TKD develops the individual cognitively, physically, emotionally, and socially (Lakes et al., 2013). There are arguments about which particular population should participate in TKD as it is considered a 'hard' martial art (Burke et al., 2007). As 'hard' martial arts, the health benefits of TKD for elderly people have been documented (Origua et al., 2018). At the same time, various research results have also proved that TKD provides multidimensional benefits to juniors (Buschbacher & Shay, 1999) and the adolescent population (Tadesse, 2016). Lakes et al., (2013) cited various shreds of evidence that prove the fact that the