A Study on Pre–Competitive and Post–Competitive  Aggression of National Level Yoga Performers

Dr. Kuntal Thakur; Dr. Sandip Sankar Ghosh

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2013

A Study on Pre–Competitive and Post–Competitive Aggression of National Level Yoga Performers

Dr. Kuntal Thakur, Dr. Sandip Sankar Ghosh

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to find out pre–competitive aggression and post–competitive aggression in national level male and female yoga performers. Total sixty (N=60) national level yogic performers i.e. thirty male performers (Gr. M) and thirty female performers (Gr. F) were randomly selected from National level School Yogasanas Competition, held at Delhi, 2012. Data were collected from performers using a Sports Aggression Inventory (SAI) consists of 25 items which include 13 keyed are ‘Yes’ and 12 keyed are ‘No’. The t–test was used to test the effect of aggression between pre and post competition. The significance level was determined as p<0.05. The result of the study reveals that there was significant difference in 0.05 levels of pre–competitive aggression and post–competitive aggression among the male and female national level yogic parfermors and significant difference was also observed among male and female of national level performers in pre–competition aggression and post–competition aggression