A Study of Relationship between Selected Psychological and Physiological Variables of Long Distance Runners and Long Jumpers of Nagpur District of Maharashtra: Exploring the Relationship between Psychological and Physiological Variables in Long Distance Runners and Long Jumpers

Abstract

The present study has been conducted with aim to find out relationship between psychological and physiological variables of long distance runners and long jumpers among senior secondary schools of Nagpur District and their age varied from 16 to 18 years.For this study , Anxiety and Achievement Motivation were selected as psychological variables whereas Resting Pulse Rate and Breath Holding Time were selected as Physiological variables and administrated to 50 Long distance runners and 50 Long Jumpers by using various standardized tests developed for these selected variables. The analyses of data were done by various statistical techniques discussed in the study. The result clearly indicates that there is significant relationship between psychological and physiological parameters.