Comparative Study of Selected Physiological Variables Between Women Handball and Basketball Players: A Comparative Analysis of Anxiety, Interest, and Sports Achievement Motivation in Women Handball and Basketball Players

Abstract

The objective of the study was to compare anxiety,interest and sports achievement motivation between basketball and handballplayers. For the purpose of the study 30 (15basketball and 15 handball) maleplayers who represented their university in respective competitions wereselected as the subjects of the study. Age of the selected subjects was ranged from 17 to 26years. Anxiety, Interest and Sports achievement motivation of subjects weremeasured through standard questionnaire. Independent t-test was used to comparebasketball and handball players on the selected psychological variables furtherthe level of significance was set at 0.05. The results of the study revealed that there wasinsignificant difference existed between basketball and handball players inanxiety, interest and sports achievement motivation. The present study foundthat there has no difference between basketball and handball players inrelation to anxiety, interest and sports achievement motivation.