COMPARISON OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AMONG ATHLETES AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS
M.Rakeela Naseerin1 & Dr.A.Praveen2| Journal Title | : | Asian Journal of Applied Research |
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| Page No | : | 1-5 |
| Volume | : | 1 |
| Issue | : | 2 |
| Month/Year | : | 2/2015 |
Keywords
Basketball, Athlete, Personality traits.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to compare the personality traits of Athletes and Basketball players. To achieve this purpose of the study the investigator selected forty five (N=45) athletes and sixty basketball players aged between eighteen to twenty five from various colleges of Thiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Karaikudi and Nagarciol.The Eysenck personality questionnaire was used to collect the data, it comprises of two factors namely Extroversion (E) and the Neuroticism (N).The collected data were statistically analysed by‘t’ ratio. The findings of the results showed that the athletes are found to be better than thee basketball players on personality traits.