Personality traits of former Indian Olympian basketball player Mr. G. Dilip

Abstract

Sports activities affect the process of personality development in ways more than one. Social and environmental pressures, biological factors, frustration and tension in life are to be mended with full attention to develop mature form of personality. To know the sportsmen’s personality in the sense that it depends on many psychological factors like self-confidence, emotional intelligence, level of aspiration, achievement motivation, personality emotions, mental toughness (mental endurance) value orientation, locus of control and self-esteem etc. The review of literature has shown that the research in the sports psychology, have studied men and women separately, not much interest has been focused on the case studies of sportsmen’s personality. Hence the investigator has felt necessary to conduct a case study on former international Basketball player Mr. G Dilip to assess his level of personality traits.