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VOL. 2, ISSUE 1 (2015)
Comparison of mental toughness Status amongst Players of Team Games
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Mandeep Gill, Ashok Kumar Malik
Abstract
Background: - Today, sports have been becoming inseparable phenomena of our social life. It has made its own plan at the apex of human civilization because of its trial competitive event and ever improving nature. Mental health describes a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder. From the perspective of 'positive psychology' or 'holism', mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Mental health can also be defined as an expression of emotions, and as signifying a successful adaptation to a range of demands. Importance of mental toughness in sports can be easily understood if we try to analyze the role of six variables in performances. The purpose of the research was to study mental toughness status amongst players of team games.rnMaterials and Methods: - A total numbers of subjects for the present study were 60 players (10 male and 10 female players) from each game i.e. cricket, basketball and handball, who had participated at least at inter collegiate level of CDLU, Sirsa in the age groups 18-27. To asses mental toughness of inter college level of sportsperson, the mental toughness questionnaire prepared by Dr. Sandip Tiwari was used as tool for this study. In the present study descriptive mean value, standard deviation and inferential (ANCOVA, post hoc LSD) statistics were employed to analyze the data. rnResults and Discussions: After the interpretation of data, the investigator was in position to draw certain findings on the basis of analysis and position. According to the objectives and the hypothesis stated earlier in the present study, the results were presented as follows: it was clearly seen that the mental toughness of Cricket player had higher mean value of (182.70) and of Handball players had low mean value of (169.90). Conclusion: - On the basis of results the mental toughness of Cricket players was highest than Handball players amongst the studied groups.
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Pages:139-144
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Mandeep Gill, Ashok Kumar Malik "Comparison of mental toughness Status amongst Players of Team Games". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-144
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