Author(s): Meenakshi B and Gerald Santhosh Dsouza

Abstract:
The present study compared coping strategies among sports persons of different genders, ages, and sports. For data collection, a total of 700 sportspersons in the age group of 17–25 years were selected from both genders (350 males and 350 females). The subjects were delimited to individual sports like athletics and wrestling and team sports like kabaddi, kho-kho, basketball, football, and hockey and further delimited pre-university and college students from Karnataka state. Data was collected from consecutive eligible subjects by administering the questionnaire Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory, Brief-COPE, prepared by Novo Psych Hegarty & Buchanan, 2021. The test consists of 28 statements related to the Sport Brief-Cope. To examine the hypothesis of the study, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, and comparative statistics such as multivariate and univariate analysis of variance were conducted. Where required, figures and tables were used to finalise the collected data.

DOI: 10.22271/kheljournal.2025.v12.i1e.3672

Pages: 331-339  |  110 Views  54 Downloads

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