Author(s): A Amaran and Dr. S Thirumalai Kumar

Abstract:
The reason of the study was to find out effect of Recreational Activities and Psychological Skill Training on Selected Personality Dimensions among Unemployed Rural Youth. To attain the purpose of the study sixty (N=60) Rural Unemployed Youth were selected aged between 25 to 35 years randomly selected as a subject from Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. Assigned into three equal groups of 20 each. The Experimental Group one participated in the recreational activities and Experimental Group two participated in psychological skill training and the combination of the above two training was given to the third experimental group of six weeks, each section lasted 60 minutes. The selected personality dimensions namely Leadership Skill, Self-Awareness, Self-Confidence, and Stress Management were measured by Personality Development Index (PDI) which was developed by Kalliappan (1993), test prior and immediately before and after the training period. The collected data were analyzed statistically through ANCOVA and Post-hoc test. The result of the study showed that combination of recreational activities and psychological skill training better significant improvement than the other isolated groups.

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