A Study of Self-Concept between Sportsmen and Non-Sportsmen

Self-concept can be define or an organized configuration of perceptions of the self which are admirable to awareness. It is compared to such elements as perceptions of ones characteristics and abilities, the percepts and concepts of the self in relation to others and to environment, the value qualities which are perceived as associated with expenses and objects and the goals and ideals which are perceived as having positive or negative aspects. A physical educator plays an important role in enhancing a player’s self-concept. There is a highly positive relationship between self-concept and physical achievement. As the individual learns to move more skill fully, he or she also tends to develop as stronger self-concept. In general self-concept means those perceptions, belief, attitudes and feelings which the individual views as part of characteristics of him. It is his own concept of his health and physique, intellectual abilities, mental health, habits and behavior emotional tendencies and socio-economic status etc. The notion of the self-concept is a concept similar in origin and development to any other. The elements are closely connected with the original egoistic instincts and receive constant additions by the development of new ideals and new habits. The concept probably always represented activities rather than mental status. In its developed from it is the representative in thought of the continuity of consciousness, of the fact that the different experience all belong to same individual and that the acts of the individual are consistent of the concept is largely social as the need for the idea is social. Society must know to what extend and individual is to be realized upon and how he will act in all respects in any set of circumstances. Singer postulates that self-concept is learned by an individual’s inferences from his unique experiences. The individual's perception of the feelings of others towards himself strongly influences his self-image, in turn, self-concept may provide that most powerful motivation for specific behavior it depends upon what one feels is capable of and appropriate to his need. The behavior pattern of an individual resembles the relationship between the egg and chick.

Graves found relationship of speed with physical self; social self, and total personality and strength with the physical self, while total Is' score of physical attributes correlated with physical self, social self, and total personality.' (Graves James, 1972). Ibriahim and Morrison have given a concise definition of self-concept as composite of numerous self-perceptions encompassing the values, attitudes and behavior towards one-self relation to environment (Hilmi and Nattie, 1976). Clayton found several low but significant co-relations between attitudes towards physical activity and some of the personality factors and significant co-relations between scores of the personality factors and three of the self-concept variables (Hilmi and Nattie, 1981). Hilmi and Marrison has studied on athletes (N=100) representing men and women from both high school and women from both high school and colleges, were compared to 100 non-athletes in their self-concept actualizing traits. In general, athletes were found to be average in their self-concept, while male high school athletes differ to same extent, from the non-athlete in both self-concept and self-actualization, female college athletes differ from the non-athletes in self-actualization only. Female high school athlete and male college athletes did not differ significantly from their counterparts (Rothmass, 1972). Sakers administered the Scott motor ability physical self, social self, and total personality and strength with physical self, while total I-score of physical attributes- - - correlated with physical self, social self and total personality.5

The purpose of the study is to find out the self-concept between sportsmen and non-sportsmen.

1. To access the self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen. 2. To compare the self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen. 3. To compare various aspects of self-concept between sportsmen and non-sportsmen.

H1. It is hypothesized that there will be no significant difference in self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen. H3. There will be no significant difference among various aspects of .self-concept between sportsmen and non-sportsmen.

1. The study may provide information about self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen. 2. The study may be of interest to physical education teachers, toadies; social scientists and sports psychologists, as it may help to, evaluate self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen. 3. The study may serve as a motivational force to the sportsmen and non-sportsmen of Jain Public Schools. (Group of Schools) to improve their self-concept. 4. The study will provide common frame of reference for comparing the subject in self-concept of sportsmen and non-sportsmen.

1. The study will be delimited to randomly selected 200 sportsmen participated up to Divisional level and 200 non-sportsmen students of jain Public Schools.(Group of Schools), 2. The age group of the subjects will be 14 to 18 years.

METHODOLOGY:

Methodology is description of procedure or technique adopted in research study. The methodology occupies a very important place in any kind of research the vehicle of research cannot perform its functions without it, since it is methodology which lays out the way of the research purpose. This method provides a method of investigation to study, describe and interpret what exists at present. This study deals with the comparison of study self-concept between sportsman and non-sportsman.

The t-ration will be applied to compare the self-concept of sportsmen non-sportsmen students of Jain Public School. (Group of Schools)

The data collected was analyzed using statistical technique such as t-ration independent. In this

• Analysis and interpretation of self-concept score of sportsman.

• Analysis and interpretation of self-concept score of non-sportsman.

• Comparative analysis of the score of sportsman and non-sportsman.

The above Table 1 & Fig-1 shows the mean and standard deviation for self-concept of sportsman as 166.8750 and 21.834 respectively and the mean and standard deviation of self-concept of non-sportsman game 153.400 and 22.07 respectively.

On the basis of the result obtained in this study the investigator made the following conclusions:

• In this study, the distribution of self-concept score of sportsmen and non-sportsmen players was nearly normal.

• The research study signifies that there is no significance difference found between the self-efficacy of sportsmen and non-sportsmen players.

toughness; and emotional maturity.

• Significant differences are not found between sportsmen and non-sportsmen on many personality traits except emotional stability.

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Research Scholar, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Sehore (MP)