A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATE AND TRAIT ANXIETY AMONG PLAYERS OF INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM GAMES

Author Name: Dr. Parveen Gahlawat

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: 08.2020-44886217, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-44886217/

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls, Sector-42, Chandigarh, India      E-Mail: gahlawatparveen@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study was aimed to find out the differences in state and trait anxiety of the players of the individual and team games. The sample for the study consisted of 200 inter-university level sportsmen (100 from individual games and 100 from team games) from different Universities and District Training Centres of Haryana State. An equal number of subjects were drawn from five games in each category. The selected subjects received the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) for the assessment of two components of anxiety i.e., state and trait. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, S.D. and t-test. The level of confidence was set at 0.05. Results revealed significant differences in state as well as trait anxiety levels of the sportsmen of individual and team games, t values were found to be 3.56 and 2.96, respectively. It is concluded from the present data that the players of individual games were more anxious than the players of team games.

Key words: Anxiety, Individual Games, Team Games