A Comparative Study of Anxiety and Adjustment between Player and Non- Player Students

The objective of this study was to examine anxiety and adjustment between sportsmen and non-sportsmen students. Another objective of the study was to compare anxiety and adjustment between sportsmen and non-sportsmen students.
Methods: The subjects for the study were selected from the 60 male students (30 students participating in C.B.S.E. Cluster Championships and 30 students studying the school) in Mata Daan Kaur Public School, Delhi for session 2024-25. The age level of subjects was range from 15 to 18 years. To measure for this investigation was anxiety of Sportsmen and non-sportsmen students by Anxiety Scale developed by Dr. V. P. Sharma were administered and the investigation was adjustment of sportsmen and non-sportsmen students by Adjustment Inventory for school students developed by Dr. A. K. P. Sinha & Dr. R. P. Singh. To find out significant different of anxiety and adjustment between sportsmen and non-sportsmen students, t-test was used. The level of significance was set at .05 levels.
Results and Discussion: The results of the study show that there was no significant difference in anxiety between sportsmen and non-sportsmen students, whereas there was a significant difference in adjustment between sportsmen and non-sportsmen students.

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