STUDY OF SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND SOCIO ECONOMICAL FACTORS AMONG THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL JUDOKAS, WRESTLERS AND BOXERS AT DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHY IN INDIA

 Ms. Sangeeta Gupta and Dr. Sudhir Kumar Sharma

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out whether there was any significant difference in Anxiety, Achievement Motivation and socio economic factors among the college level Judokas, Wrestlers and Boxers at different topography in India. In order to achieve this purpose One hundred and twenty (120) college man Judokas, Wrestlers and Boxers at four topography were selected as subjects at random and their age was ranged between 18 to 25 years. To assess the level of Anxiety, Rainer Marten’s (1997) sports competition anxiety test was used and data were obtained from the subjects. To assess the achievement motivation, the sports achievement motivation questionnaire designed and validated by Kamlesh (1991) was used and data were collected from the subjects. To assess the socio economic status Srivastava (1987) questionnaire was used and data were collected from the subjects. The entire filled in questionnaire, collected from the subjects were scored according to the scoring key. The total scores obtained were tabulated and statistically treated to arrive at meaningful conclusions.

 Keywords: Socio Economical Factors, Anxiety and Motivation.