Published: July 04, 2012

A Comparative Study of Sports Personology of Indian Sports-Persons at Different Level of Participation

Dalbara Singh
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Dr. Agyajit Singh
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to measure the personality traits of sportspersons participating at school, college and university levels and also to find out the sex differences on seven traits of personality between male and female sportspersons playing at school, college and university levels. The hypotheses of the study were that there would be no significant differences on seven traits of personality among sportspersons participating at school, college and university levels. Sample of 600 sportspersons was selected randomly; out of which 200 (100 male and 100 female) sportspersons were from different schools, colleges and those who had participated at inter-university levels. The results of the study reveal that: significant differences among school, college and university level sportspersons were found on almost all traits of personality except dominance, where no significant difference existed It was also found that School and college level sportspersons differed on all the traits of personality; where school level sportspersons seemed to be better on these traits. It was resulted that no sex differences were noticed on different personality traits between male and female sportspersons; except the trait of mental toughness; where male sportspersons were better than their female counterparts.

Keywords
Conventionality Self-concept Mental toughness Emotional maturity                                  
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