ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
ANALYSIS OF ANXIETY AMONG DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF CITY LEAGUE MALE CRICKET PLAYERS
Author Name :
G. KIRUBALAN AND P.GOPINATHAN
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-65
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Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to compare anxiety among different age groups of city league male cricket players. For the purpose of the study, 90 city league male cricket players who had regularly practice the games and participate in various tournaments in different levels were selected as subjects and they were classified into three groups of 30 each subjects in an age categories of 18 to 20, 21 to 23 and 24 to 26 years. Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) was used as a statistical tool to measure existing state of cognitive state anxiety, somatic state anxiety and self-confidence in competitive situations The collected data were Statistically analyzed by applying descriptive statistic of mean and standard deviation. Further analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to assess the significant difference between the groups. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The finding of the study in relation to CSAI - 2 reveals that a no significant difference exists among different age groups city league male cricket players.
Keywords :
  • somatic anxiety
  • cognitive anxiety
  • self-confidenc