A COMPARETIVE STUDY ON THE ADJUSTMENT OF PLAYER AND NONPLAYER COLLEGE LEVEL MALE STUDENTS

Present study was conducted to find out the difference between different levels of adjustment in player and non-player college level male students. The sample of 20 football players was selected from the colleges of Punjabi University, Patiala. After the selection of 200 male students 18 to 25 of Patiala city were considered as the population of the study. 200 students are taken half of player Males and half of non-player males. As per objective and nature of the study, the investigator used descriptive survey method of research. Adjustment inventory for college students by “A.K.P. Sinha and R.P. Sinha” was used to collect the data of the study. To compare the level of different dimensions of adjustment between players and non-player male students mean, s.d. and t-test were used. The results revealed that player male students and non player male students are equally social adjusted. They equally participated in social activities. So there is no significant difference between player and nonplayer male students on social adjustment. There is also no significant difference between player and non-player male students on educational adjustment but there is a significant difference between player and non-player male students on emotional adjustment.