Author(s): Sandip Sankar Ghosh, Sayanti Banerjee

Abstract:
Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the selected physical fitness components and personality traits between the Deaf & Dumb and Normal school girls of west Bengal. rnMethodology: For the purpose of the study thirty seven (N=37)) subjects were randomly chosen of which fifteen (N1=15) were deaf and dumb girls and twenty two (N2=22) were normal school girls. The age of the children ranged from 12 to 20 years. They were selected from three separate districts of West Bengal - Kolkata, Burdwan and Hooghly. The five different physical fitness components viz. Speed; Agility, Muscular endurance, Flexibility and Explosive leg strength and five personality traits viz. self confidence, dominance, introversion, neuroticism, and sociability were considered as variables for the present study. The data were collected by using standard tools and techniques. rnStatistics: Mean, standard deviation (SD) and independent t- test were the statistics used in this study for data interpretation. Level of significant difference between two groups was set at p

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