A COMPRESSIVE STUDY OF SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN DISTRICT AND STATE LEVEL BASKETBALL PLAYERS
Abstract
The present study was focused to assess the level of Social Intelligence between District and State Level Basketball Players. A group of 30 subjects (15 district and 15 state) aged 17-25 years participated in the study. The purposive sampling technique was used to attain the objectives of the study. All the subjects, after having been informed about the objective and protocol of the study, gave their consent and volunteered to participate in this study. To measure the level of Social Intelligence the subjects, the Social Intelligence Questionnaire constructed by Chadha and Ganesan (1986) was administered. The results of Social Intelligence (i.e., Patience, Cooperativeness, Confidence, Sensitivity, Recognition of Social Environment, Tactfulness, Sense of Humour, Memory and Social Intelligence (Total) between Basketball players of district and state are presented in table-1. In case of Social Intelligence, insignificant betweengroup differences were found for all sub-variables.
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