Comparative Study of Higher Secondary Schools Students Inclined and Non-Inclined to Sports in Relation to Personality

Abstract

Aim of the present study was to compare the personalities of students who are inclined to sports and those who are non-inclined to sports. The present study has been conducted in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. Sample of 400 students (200 sports students and 200 non-sports students) were collected. Sports students were considered who have played at block level or at higher level. The age of the subjects ranged from 14-19 years. Eyesenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised was used. Statistical technique ‘t' test was used. The result of the study shows that sports students and non-sports students show significant difference at 0.01 level of confidence on the three dimensions of personality i.e. psychoticism, extraversion and neuroticism.