A STUDY ON EMOTIONAL MATURITY AMONG INDIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS

Authors

  • Baljinder Singh Bal Department of Physical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
  • Gurjit Singh Department of Physical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v0i0.1728

Keywords:

emotional maturity, emotional unstability, emotional regression, social maladjustment, personality disintegration, lack of independence

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare Emotional Maturity among sub-junior level, junior level and senior level Hockey Players. To obtain data, the investigators had selected Ninety Nine (N=99), Female subjects between the age group of 12-28 years (Mean ± SD: Age 16.90 ± 3.80 (yrs), Body Height 161.41 ± 4.97 (cm), Body Mass 52.36 ± 5.35 (kg)). For evaluating the levels of Emotional Maturity among subjects, Singh and Bhargava’s (1988) Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) was used. This scale consists of five parameters namely: (Emotional Unstability, Emotional Regression, Social Maladjustment, Personality Disintegration and Lack of Independence). The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for all analyses. The differences in the mean of each group for selected variables were tested for the significance of difference by One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). For testing the hypotheses, the level of significance was set at 0.05. To conclude, it is significant to mention in relation to Emotional Unstability, Emotional Regression and Social Maladjustment that results of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) among Hockey Players were found statistically insignificant (P > .05). Furthermore, in relation to Personality Disintegration and Lack of Independence that results of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) among Hockey Players were found statistically significant (P < .05).

 

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2018-06-10

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Vol 4, No 8 (2018)

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