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Research Paper | Physical Education | India | Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016

A Comparative Study of Positive Mental Health among Kho-Kho Players with Varying Level of Sports Achievements

Dr. Pramod Kumar Tiwari | C. D. Agashe ^[2]

Abstract: In the present study positive mental health of Kho-Kho players were compared in the light of their sports achievements. To conduct the study, 40 national male kho-kho players (Ave. age 25.72 yrs. ), 40 state level male kho-kho players (Ave. age 23.12 yrs) and 40 district level male kho-kho players (Ave. age 20.66 yrs. ) were selected as sample. Three dimensional positive mental health inventory prepared by Agashe and Helode (2007) was used as psychological instrument to collect the data. The analysis of data reveal that national male kho-kho players showed significantly more magnitude of positive mental health as compared to state and district level male kho-kho players. It was concluded that high degree of mental organization and integration which is related with positive mental health demarcates sporting achievements in kho-kho.

Keywords: Positive Mental Health, Kho-Kho, Sports Achievement

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016,

Pages: 1582 - 1584