Psychological analysis between the inter university football players of MG university and KUHS university

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality, Anxiety, and achievement motivation between inter university football (male) players of Mahatma Gandhi university, Kottayam and Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur. For the purpose of this investigation 60 male subjects (30players of Mahatma Gandhi university, Kottayam and 30 players form Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur) were randomly selected . Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The standardized the Big Five Personality Test, Competitive state Anxiety Inventory-2 and M L Kamlesh (1990) SAMT (Sports Achievement Motivation Questionnaire) was used for the present study. It composed of 30 multiple choice questions of 5 marks each, 27 questions with 4 marks and 20 multiple choice statements for 40 marks respectively. The data collected from the male players on personality, Competitive state Anxiety And Achievement motivation were statistically analyzed to find out the significant difference if any, independent’s’ test was used. The level of significant was set to 0.05. Considering the personality, competitive anxiety and achievement motivation of the study in the male soccer players from selected Universities, it has been found that there is a significant difference.