The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Mr. Mahesh B. Bharvad1

Parents of children with mental retardation experience stress and burden of care. The index study was designed to compare disability impact and family efficiency in parents of children with mild intellectual impairment. Fathers and Mothers of 30 children with mild intellectual impairment were administered NIMH Disability Impact Scale and NIMH Family Efficiency Scale. The comparisons of mothers and fathers on the scales revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the family efficiency of the parents. However, on Disability Impact Scale, mothers were found to have significantly greater impact.

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Authors: Naina Jain1

The objective of the paper is to study the influence of father-daughter attachment pattern on daughter‟s development. This is a theoretical paper, wherein patterns are drawn out of attachment theory and existing review of literature on father-daughter attachment pattern. The discussion around the theory and literature shows that the presence of secure attachment between daughter and father has positive influence on daughter‟s development. However, insecure attachment can negatively influence the development of daughter. An attempt is made to see father-daughter attachment pattern from Indian perspective.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of competitive state anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 98 handball players, including the national athletes (N=33), state athletes (N=21), district athletes (N=25) and university athletes (N= 19). The results showed that elite or national handball athletes exhibited lower levels of competitive state anxiety, F (3, 98) = 20.121, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between competitive state anxiety and sport performance among handball players, (r = -0.71; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ competitive state anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of competitive state anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 67 hockey players, including the national athletes (N=24), state athletes (N=15), district athletes (N=15) and university athletes (N= 13).The results showed that elite or national hockey athletes exhibited lower levels of competitive state anxiety, F (3, 67) = 19.452, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between competitive state anxiety and sport performance among hockey players, (r = -0.67; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ competitive state anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of competitive state anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 113 Track and Field players, including the national athletes (N=37), state athletes (N=38), district athletes (N=25) and university athletes (N= 13). The results showed that elite or national Track and Field athletes exhibited lower levels of competitive state anxiety, F (3, 113) = 16.340, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between competitive state anxiety and sport performance among Track and Field players, (r = -0.79; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ competitive state anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of competitive state anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 78 Taekwondo players, including the national athletes (N=22), state athletes (N=23), district athletes (N=18) and university athletes (N= 15). The results showed that elite or national Taekwondo athletes exhibited lower levels of competitive state anxiety, F (3, 78) = 15.310, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between competitive state anxiety and sport performance among Taekwondo athletes, (r = -0.71; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ competitive state anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of competitive state anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 107 runners, including the national athletes (N=33), state athletes (N=21), district athletes (N=35) and university athletes (N= 18).The results showed that elite or national runners exhibited lower levels of competitive state anxiety, F (3, 107) = 18.437, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between competitive state anxiety and sport performance among runners, (r = -0.69; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ competitive state anxiety.