A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGGRESSION AMONG UNIVERSITY LEVEL HOCKEY, HANDBALL AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to compare of aggression among University level men hockey, football and handball players.Total 60 players were selected for study each group consist of 20 players and age was ranging between 18 and 22 years The subjects were selected at the time of interuniversity tournament. Aggression was measured through the questionnaire developed by Guru Pyari Mathur and Raj Kumari Bhatnagar (2004). The data was analyzed by one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.The result of study showed that there was insignificant difference among hockey, handball and football players in aggression. It was concluded that hockey, handball and football players was having same aggression due to game nature.
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