Research Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, University of Pune
Online published on 30 September, 2013.
The aims of this study was A comparative study of the self-esteem of sportsmen and non sportsmen, hundred students between the aged of 18 to 24 including fifty sportsmen participating in different sports and fifty non-sportsmen of colleges of Pune University of the academic year 2011 were randomly selected. The researcher has chosen the descriptive comparative method.
For the collection of data research had admixture the self-esteem inventory tests. This test has %82-%85 validity and ratability. To evaluate and analyze the collected data in depend t-test was used. Conclusion of this study showed that physical practice has positive effect on improvement of self-esteem.
self-esteem, sportsmen, non sportsmen, self-esteem and sport, Pune University students, comparative study, India