COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ANXIETY LEVEL BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS FOOTBALL PLAYERS
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i9.2015.2949Keywords:
Anxiety, Boys, Girls, Football, SCATAbstract [English]
The purpose of the present study was to find out the anxiety level between boys and girls football players. 60 football players (30 boys and 30 girls) were selected from Subroto Mukherjee football tournament 2015 held at KhumanLampak Sports Complex for the study. The average age of the players is 16.5 years. The sample of the study has been selected randomly. Hypotheses of the present study were Sports Competitive Anxiety Scores of Boys and Girls football players would be high and there will be no significant difference on Sports Competitive Anxiety Scores between boys and girls football players. Sports competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT) by (Martens et al., 1990) was used to measure the level of anxiety for the football players. The Sports Competitive Anxiety Scores of Boys and Girls football players was found to be average (n=60, mean=198.58, σ= 2.92 and SEM =0.37). Difference on Sports Competitive Anxiety Scores between Boys (n=30, mean=18.46, σ=2.30) and Girls (n=30, mean=18.70, σ=3.47) football players was found to be statistically not significant at p≤0.05 (t-value=0.760) at df=78. The current study was limited in sample size, tools adopted, and variables undertaken for the study. Further research can be done with larger sample size and also on different age group.
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