Abstract The purpose of this paper was to compare the psychological characteristics among the players of football in relation to the player position. The analysed sample included forty five male players who participated in the All India football competitions. The age levels of the subjects were ranged from 18-25 years. Subjects were divided into three groups (each group consists of fifteen players) on the basis of their position of play (defenders, midfielders and forwards). Purposive sampling method was used for the study. To measure the psychological characteristics of the subjects,…
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ASSESSING SELF-CONFIDENCE, MENTAL HEALTH AND FRUSTRATION AMONG INJURED SPORTS MEN & WOMEN By Dr. Neelima Mandava[1]
Abstract The present study was conducted to assess self confidence, mental health and frustration among injured sports men &women of Andhra Pradesh state. The sample comprised 60, of which 30 were sportsmen and the other 30 were sportswomen. Rekha Agnihotri’s Self- Confidence Inventory (ASI) Questionnaire was used to assess self-confidence, Tovier Personality Inventory (TPI) was used to assess mental health and Chauhan and Tiwari’s Frustration Scale was used to assess frustration. The statistical measures employed were‘t’ test and correlation. The findings revealed that there are significant differences in the self-confidence…
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