Author(s): Anjumanara Khatun

Abstract:
In the present study, an attempt has been made to compare the state and trait anxiety level between inter college and inter university female Kho-kho players. Out of forty eight (48) female subjects; twenty four (24) female Kho-kho players were selected from Vidyasagar University Inter College Kho-kho tournament held on 2017 and twenty four (24) female Kho-kho players were selected from East Zone Inter University Tournament held on 2017 held at Vidyasagar University Sahid Kshudiram Bose Krirangan. Players’ age range was from 19 to 25 years. In this study State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire (Spielberger, et al., 1970) ^[9] were used to measure the state and trait anxiety for both the teams. The trait and state anxiety questionnaire were distributed among the Kho-kho players two hour and one hour before the competition respectively. Sufficient explanation has been given to the players before the data collection. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and ‘t’ test were used to analysis the data. From the findings of the study it revealed that there was no significant difference found in trait anxiety between inter college and inter university female Kho-kho players. The findings also revealed that significant difference was found in state anxiety between inter college and inter university female Kho-kho players.

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