Relationship of State anxiety and trait anxiety between Physical education students and general degree college students

Subhra Basak; Kalpana Hansda

Subhra Basak Assistant professor in Physiology (WBES), State Institute of Physical Education for Women, Hastings House, Alipore, Kolkata-700027, West Bengal, India
Kalpana Hansda Student of M.P.Ed. Part-II, State Institute of Physical Education For Women, Hasting House, Alipore, Kolkata-700027, West Bengal, India

Keywords: B.P.Ed. students, state anxiety, trait anxiety, general degree college students

Abstract

Mental disorders appear to be on the rise among college students and are having a significant effect on their attrition, with anxiety identified as one of the most common presenting issues. Anxiety is a state of tension; it comes from outside as well as within and effect performance. The purpose of the study was to find out the status of state and trait anxiety of Physical Education (B. P. Ed.) women students and general degree college women students and their comparison. A total of 60 women college students (30 B. P. Ed. women students and 30 general degree college women students) were selected randomly as subject for the present study. The age of the subjects were range 18-25 years. State and Trait anxiety were the criterion measure in this study. State and Trait anxiety of the students were measured by standard questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistics and 't' test was used to find out the difference between means. Only 0.05 level of confidence was considered in this study. Result revealed that there was no significant difference between Physical Education women students and general degree college women students in respect of State anxiety (t=0.04; p>0.05) and Trait anxiety (t=0.90; p>0.05). There was no significant difference in state and trait anxiety between women Physical Education students and general degree college students.

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