Positive Mental Health of National Hockey Players Representing Public Sector and Defence Services

Abstract

The present study was planned to compare positive mental health of male hockey players representing various public sector and defense services teams in national level hockey tournaments. 50 male national hockey players (Ave. age 24.33 yrs.) employed in various public sector undertakings as well as 50 male national hockey players (Ave. age 25.97 yrs.) employed in various defence organizations of India were selected as sample. Positive mental health of the subjects were assessed by three dimensional Mental Health Inventory prepared by Agashe and Helode (2007). Results reveals that male national hockey players employed in defence services showed significantly more magnitude of positive mental health as compared to their counterparts employed with public sector undertakings. It was concluded that defence service personnel representing their parent institute in national hockey tournaments have significant superior positive mental health as compared to hockey players their public sector institutes.