Author(s): Mandeep Kaur

Abstract:
The present study was aimed to identify the mental toughness of players of five different contact sports. The contact sports were handball, football, wrestling, boxing and judo. 50 players of each five games were selected who have competed at inter-college levels. They were between the age levels of 19 to 27 years. To determine level of Mental Toughness among the subjects, Mental Toughness battery constructed by Goldberg et al. (1980) was administered. One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to find out the intra-group differences. Test of mental toughness consists with 30 items with five sub scales. The investigator measured all the sub variables with questionnaire than find out the differences of total mental toughness of the players of different five contact games. The findings show that significant differences were found among the players of five different contact sports groups on the variable of Mental Toughness.

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