PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BETWEEN INDIAN AND INDONESIAN SPORTS-PERSONS: A QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Asim Kumar Halder Doctoral Student, Shanghai University of Sport, Department of Sports Humanistic Sociology, Shanghai, China
  • Moch Fahmi Abdulaziz Doctoral Student, Shanghai University of Sport, Department of Physical Education and Sports Training, Shanghai, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v6i10.3582

Keywords:

Sports Achievement Motivation Test (SAMT), Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT), Indian sports-persons, Indonesian sports-persons

Abstract

The motive of this study was to analyze, interpret and assess psychological variables between Indian and Indonesian sports-persons. Two psychological variables i.e. Sports Achievement Motivation and Sports Competition Anxiety were selected to understand the difference and non-difference psychic strength and lacuna between Indian and Indonesian sports-persons. This study also conducted to find out a correlation between Sports Achievement Motivation and Sports Competition Anxiety among Indian and Indonesian sports-persons. For the purpose of this study, 50 elite sports-persons from India and 50 elite sports-persons from Indonesia were randomly selected. The subjects’ age ranged between 18-25 years. To measure sports achievement motivation and sports competition anxiety between Indian and Indonesian sports-persons, Sports Achievement Motivation Test (SAMT) developed by M.L. Kamlesh in 1990 and Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) developed by Rainer Martens in 1977, were introduced respectively. For statistical analysis and interpretation of data, Independent Sample t-Test and Pearson Product-moment Correlation were conducted. The level of significance had been taken 0.01. The study found a significant difference in SAMT between Indian and Indonesian female sports-persons, male sports-persons and sports-persons in toto. It also found a significant difference in SCAT between Indian and Indonesian female sports-persons in toto but did not find any significant difference in SCAT between Indian and Indonesian female and male Sports-persons. This study also found no significant correlation between Sports Achievement Motivation and Sports Competition Anxiety among Indian sports-persons but the study detected a significant negative correlation between sports Achievement Motivation and Sports Competition Anxiety among Indonesian sports-persons.

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Author Biographies

  • Asim Kumar Halder, Doctoral Student, Shanghai University of Sport, Department of Sports Humanistic Sociology, Shanghai, China
    Asim Kumar Halder was born in Kolkata, India in 1991. He is a doctoral student in Shanghai University of Sport from the department of Sports Humanistic Sociology (2020-2023). He completed his master's degree at Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education from the department of Sport Management (2019). Current research interest: gander dynamics and performance in sport; micro-sociological analysis in sport for humanity and mankind.
  • Moch Fahmi Abdulaziz, Doctoral Student, Shanghai University of Sport, Department of Physical Education and Sports Training, Shanghai, China
    Moch Fahmi Abdulaziz was born in Kendal, Indonesia in 1989. He is an assistant professor at department of Physical Education, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. He is also a doctoral student in Shanghai University of Sport from the department of Physical Education and Sports Training (2020-2023). He completed his master's degree at Univeritas Negeri Semarang from the department of Sport Education (2014). Current research interest: socio-cultural, socio-economic, parental factors, religion, and the impact on children's physical activity during COVID-19 period.

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2021-02-16

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Vol. 6 No. 10 (2021)

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