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Big Five Personality Dimensions of Volleyball Players at Different Levels of Participation

Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Dr. Mahabir Singh

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The present study is an endeavor to explore the relationship between personality types and level of participation at different levels of competition of volleyball players and also to find out the comparison of personality type among different level of competitions of volleyball players i.e. district, state, and national level competitions. 300 male volleyball players, comprising the sample of the study, including 100 from district, 100 from state and 100 from National level volleyball competitions with age range from 20 to 30 years were selected through purposive method of sampling from Haryana State. Costa and McCrae’s Neo Five Factor inventory for Personality (1985), was administrated to measure the personality. The Pearson’s Product Movements Method for correlation and one way ANOVA to find out significant difference among groups were applied for statistical treatment of data by the help of SPSS (11.5) computer software. Analysis of the data has revealed that the big five personality dimensions had significant correlation with state and national level voleyball players except conscientiousness and openness respectively, whereas Neuroticism and Extraversion had significant correlation with district level participants. The groups (District, state and national levels) were differ significantly, players participating at national level competition (p <.01) has significantly higher personality dimensions, followed by state level. F ratio of district level players was found to be lowest across group.

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Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Dr. Mahabir Singh Big Five Personality Dimensions of Volleyball Players at Different Levels of Participation Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.IX September 2013

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