COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS AMONG TEACHER TRAINEES IN RELATION TO GENDER

The present study attempted to explore whether male and female teacher trainees differ on Psychological Hardiness. The concept of hardiness focuses on the person that remain relatively healthy even after experiencing high amount of stressful life events. A sample consisting of 200 teacher trainees was taken from the Colleges of Education of Ludhiana district. Data was collected with the help of Singh Psychological Hardiness Scale (SPHS), (2007).On statistical analysis results clearly indicated that there exists a significant difference between male and female teacher trainees on the variable of psychological hardiness.