A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GRIT BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE FENCERS OF MANIPUR

 Prof. Jaowad Ali and Abdul Rahaman

  ABSTRACT

Grit is defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the level of grit between male and female national fencers of Manipur. Forty (40) fencers (male = 20, female = 20) who represented Manipur in the national fencing championship were recruited as the subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 17 to 25 years. Grit Scale (GS) developed by Duckworth and Quinn (2009) was administered on the subjects for collecting data. The obtained data was analysed by computing ‘t’ ratio. Results of the study revealed that significant difference was not found between male and female fencers of Manipur to their level of consistency of interest, perseverance of efforts, and ambitions towards the attainment of long-term goals dimensions of grit.

Keywords: Fencing, Grit personality, Consistency, Perseverance and Ambition