STRESS AMONG HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW LEVEL ACHIEVERS OF MEN AND WOMEN VOLLYBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS
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Stress, Achievers, and Competitive Situation.Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the differences on stress among high, medium and low achievers of men and women players of volleyball and basketball in the competitive situation. Total of 300 players consisting of 75 men (25 high, 25 medium and 25 low achievers) and 75 (25 high, 25 medium and 25 low achievers) women volleyball players, and 75 men (25 high, 25 medium and 25 low achievers) and 75 (25 high, 25 medium and 25 low achievers) women basketball players. The age of the subjects was between 19 and 26 years. High achievers are those who had participated at Inter-national level competitions representing the country, medium achievers are National level players and low achievers are the players who competed at State level competitions representing the district. To measure Stress, The standard psychological tool devised by Everyly and Girdano’s was used to quantify psychological stress. This test consists of 14 statements. Each statement consists of 4 responses: Almost always true, usually true, seldom true, never true, was used in this study for collection of data. It was concluded that there was no significant differences in psychological variable, such as stress among the different groups of players, namely, volleyball men, volleyball women, basketball men and basketball women. It was concluded that there was no significant differences among different levels of players, namely, high, medium and low achievers of men and women volleyball and basketball players, on stress. It was concluded that there was no significant interaction effect among high, medium and low achievers of men and women volleyball and basketball players.
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