A comparative study of personality traits of cricket and hockey players

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality characteristics of Inter collegiate Cricket and Hockey players, with regard to neuroticism and extraversion. Twenty Cricket and Hockey players served as subjects who participated in inter college tournament. Eysenck Personality Inventory (E.P.I.) was administered to find out the personality characteristics of the Cricket and Hockey players, with regard to neuroticism and extraversion. t test was used to compare the significance difference between Cricket and Hockey players. t-ratio for extraversion and neuroticism were (3.75, p greater than 0.05) and (1.83, p less than 0.05) respectively indicating significant difference with respect to extraversion and no significant difference with respect to neuroticism between Cricket and Hockey players.