Effect of stress between Sports and Non-Sports Collegiate Men

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stress between sports and non-sports collegiate men. The study may help to explore the levels of stress among sports students which may have a positive impact of the performance. Stress is an adaptive response to an internal situation that results in physical, psychological or behavioral deviation for organizational participants. To achieve this purpose 30 men subjects were selected randomly from the Pondicherry University in the age group 20 to 25. Among them 15 were II year M.A. English students and fifteen were M.P.E.S. students of Physical Education Department. The design of measure adopted for this study was questionnaire method. Standardized questionnaires were used and the total score obtained was tabulated and treated to arrive at meaningful conclusions. To find out the significant changes of English departments students and Physical education students from Pondicherry University the researcher used‘t’ ratio which was calculated ad tested as 0.05 level. In this study the conclusion is that the psychological variables of stress were significantly improvised by Physical Education’s sports students when compared to the non-sports group of English Department students.