International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 5

Management of Performance Anxiety through Hypnotherapy of University level Hockey Players

  • Author:
  • Sachin K Dwivedi1,3, Rafique Khan2
  • Total Page Count: 15
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 125 to 139

1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities, SPIPS, Indore (M.P.)

3Sr. Psychologist at Institute of Ankur Rehab, Indore (M.P.)

2Sport Officer at SPIPS, Indore (M.P.)

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to assess impact of Hypnotherapy in management of performance anxiety of Hockey Players of University Level. 16 Participants were selected through random sampling from Devi Ahilyabai University, Indore (M.P.). All participants were educated. For the obtaining the score on Anxiety, SCAT (Sinha's Comprehension Anxiety Test) was used, which has 90 items, based on Yes/No response of participants for anxiety. The Reliability of SCAT is 0.85 (test retest) and Validity is.62 with Taylors manifest anxiety scale. Research was based on Pretest and Posttest research design. Statistically analysis was done by paired t test. Results indicate that the “t” value, 5.73, which is significant at 0.01 level of confidence, shows that Hypnotherapy manage the symptoms of performance anxiety effectively.

Keywords

Hypnotherapy and Performance Anxiety