Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Studying Impulsivity in the context of different sports activities

Dinesh Kumar

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 Acting with or without forethought the knowledge about the consequences or early expressed or poorly perceived behavior has many severe consequences on the outcome of the match. The present study aim at appraising impulsivity in the context of different nature of sports activities i.e. team games and individual games. For the study 100 male (18–28 age) interuniversity team (Kho–Kho, Handball, Basketball, Softball, Baseball, and Volleyball) and individual game players (Power lifting, Boxing, Taekwondo, Badminton, Chess, Judo, Weightlifting and Yoga) were conveniently selected. The data was collected using S. N. Rai and Alka Sharma’s impulsivity scale. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t–test revealed team game players mean 17.24 ± 3.22 were having high impulsive behavior than the players of individual game 13.48±3.39, which concluded that the team game players acts with less forethought have poor perception and express early without predicting much about the consequences whereas individual game players require more forethought and planning before action than team games.

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Dinesh Kumar Studying Impulsivity in the context of different sports activities International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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