General health, psychological well-being and need for guidance in physical and psychological area among sports students and non-sports students

Abstract

The aim was to study the general health, psychological well being and need for guidance in physical and psychological area among sports students and non-sports students. The study was conducted on female students aged between 18-21 years pursuing their under graduation course in government colleges. The sample was selected from 3 different government colleges in Bangalore. A between group design with purposive sampling was opted for the study. One group of female college students who were involved in physical sports and representing the college at least at the intercollegiate level from past one year at least and are regularly participating in any one sports event either individual or group were considered for the study. The other group of individuals were those students who were not involved in any kind of physical sports and not involved in even in daily walking. The sample was administered General Health Questionnaire, Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire and Guidance Need Inventory. The results were analysed by computing ‘t’ test to identify the difference between the two groups on general health, psychological well being and need for guidance in physical and psychological area between sports students and non-sports students. As reviews have indicated any physical activity or sports will have positive impact both physically and psychologically. This study confirmed the same indicating that participating in sports activity has positive impact on health. The study also showed that students involved in sports needed less guidance in terms of physical and psychological aspects.