Study on trait and state anxiety level between inter college and inter university male kho-kho players

Abstract

In the present study, an attempt has been made to compare the trait and state anxiety level between inter college and inter university male Kho-kho players. Out of forty eight (48) male subjects; twenty four (24) Kho-kho players were selected from Vidyasagar University Inter College Kho-kho tournament held on 7th September, 2017 and twenty four (24) Kho-kho players were selected from East Zone Inter University Tournament held on and from 24th to 28th February, 2017 held at Vidyasagar University Sahid Kshudiram Bose Krirangan respectively. Players’ age range was from 19 to 25 years. In this study State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire (Spielberger, et al. 1970) [9] were used to measure the trait and state anxiety for both the teams. The trait and state anxiety questionnaire were distributed among the Kho-kho players two hour and one hour before the competition respectively. Sufficient explanation has been given to the players before the data collection. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and‘t’ test were used to analysis the data. From the findings of the study it revealed that there was no significant difference found in trait anxiety between inter college and inter university male Kho-kho players. The findings also revealed that significant difference was found in state anxiety between inter college and inter university male Kho-kho players.