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A Study of Emotional Health of Indian and Brazilian Players Playing In Junior Volleyball World Championship 2009
Authors: Kadam, G.; Autade, M.; and Kadam, K.
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The main objective was to study and compare the Emotional Health of the volleyball players of India and Brazil. All the players of Indian team and the players of Brazilian team who came for men Volleyball world Championship held at Pune in August 2009, were selected for the study. They were administered the Cattell‟s 16 PF questionnaire. The result were analyzed with the help of „t‟ test which shows that there are significant differences between Indian volleyball players and Brazilian volleyball players on emotional factors of 16 PF Questionnaire. Indian players have scored high on factor „E‟, factor „F‟, factor „I‟ and Factor „O‟ whereas Brazilian players have scored high on factor „H‟ and factor „L‟. Indian players score High on Factor „E‟ means that they tend to be Dominant, assertive, aggressive, stubborn, competitive, bossy, dominant, and on Factor „F‟ means Enthusiastic, spontaneous, heedless, expressive, cheerful, surgency and Factor „I‟ means Tender-minded, sensitive, over-protected, intuitive, and Factor „O‟ means Apprehensive, self blamed, guilt-prone, insecure and worrying. The players of both the team have found comparable scores on Factor „A‟ and „C‟.
Key words: Volleyball, emotional health, psychological health, game, sport,