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    The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality traits i.e. Self-confidence, Dominance, Introversion, Neuroticism, Sociability and dominance between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education student of West Bengal. A total Sixty four (N = 64) physical education students were randomly selected from State Institute of Physical Education for Women Hastings House, Kolkata. Among all the subjects Thirty Four (n=34) were Undergraduate (B.P.Ed) students and rest thirty (n=30) were Post-Graduate (M.P.Ed) students. The age ranged from 20 - 25 years. Mean and standard deviation of different variables were calculated. The data of the selected variables were analyzed through standard Statistical procedure. The mean of different variables were compared by using t- test. Statistical significance was tested at 0.05 levels. The results highlighted that there were significant difference in selected personality variables between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education students.

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    The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality traits i.e. Self-confidence, Dominance, Introversion, Neuroticism, Sociability and dominance between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education student of West Bengal. A total Sixty four (N = 64) physical education students were randomly selected from State Institute of Physical Education for Women Hastings House, Kolkata. Among all the subjects Thirty Four (n=34) were Undergraduate (B.P.Ed) students and rest thirty (n=30) were Post-Graduate (M.P.Ed) students. The age ranged from 20 - 25 years. Mean and standard deviation of different variables were calculated. The data of the selected variables were analyzed through standard Statistical procedure. The mean of different variables were compared by using t- test. Statistical significance was tested at 0.05 levels. The results highlighted that there were significant difference in selected personality variables between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education students.

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    International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

    International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education


    Online ISSN: 2456-5067
    www.sportsjournal.in
    Volume 1; Issue 1; November 2016; Page No. 23-25

    A Comparative study of personality traits between under graduate and post graduate physical
    education students of West Bengal
    1
    Mrityunjay Biswas, 2 Rajkumar Bauri, 3 Sandip Sankar Ghosh
    1
    Regular Research Scholar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    2
    Senior Research Fellow, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    3
    Assistant Professor, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India

    Abstract
    The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality traits i.e. Self-confidence, Dominance, Introversion, Neuroticism,
    Sociability and dominance between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education student of West Bengal. A total Sixty
    four (N = 64) physical education students were randomly selected from State Institute of Physical Education for Women Hastings
    House, Kolkata. Among all the subjects Thirty Four (n=34) were Undergraduate (B.P.Ed) students and rest thirty (n=30) were
    Post-Graduate (M.P.Ed) students. The age ranged from 20 - 25 years. Mean and standard deviation of different variables were
    calculated. The data of the selected variables were analyzed through standard Statistical procedure. The mean of different variables
    were compared by using t- test. Statistical significance was tested at 0.05 levels. The results highlighted that there were significant
    difference in selected personality variables between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education students.

    Keywords: Personality Traits, Self-confidence, Dominance, Introversion, Neuroticism, Sociability, Dominance

    1. Introduction characteristics of the physical education students of the under


    Personality is the totality of one’s behavior towards oneself graduate and post graduate level.
    and others. It includes everything about the person his
    physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual make-up. It is 2. Methodology
    all that a person has about him. It is deeper than more To conduct the study A total Sixty four (N = 64) physical
    appearance or outward behavior. education students were randomly selected from State Institute
    Personality is the overall pattern of psychological of Physical Education for Women Hastings House, Kolkata.
    characteristics that makes each person a unique individual. Among all the subjects Thirty Four (n=34) were
    Personality is the individual’s unique psychological makeup or Undergraduate (B.P.Ed) students and rest thirty (n=30) were
    more formally, “the underlying, relatively stable, Post-Graduate (M.P.Ed) students. The age ranged from 20 - 25
    psychological structures and processes.” (Lazarus & Monat). years. To measure the personality of selected subjects’ Bengali
    Individual differences are obvious in sport and understanding version of Burn- Reuter Questionnaire (modified) was used.
    such personality factors can help to explain sport and exercise Each item response was scored differently as per the scoring
    behavior. The goal of sport personality research is to provide key prepared by Prof. D. Das Mahanta to measure personality
    accurate and reliable information about individual differences characteristic. The short form of Burn-Reuter personality
    in sport and the implications of such personality differences inventory with 30 items was prescribed and standardized by
    for sport performance and behavior. Personality embraces a Prof. D. Das Mahanta. The study was approved by
    person’s moods, attitudes opinions, motivations, style of Institutional Ethical Committee. Mean and standard deviation
    thinking, perceiving, speaking and acting. It is the part of what of different variables were calculated. The data of the selected
    make each individual distinct. Personality can be described as variables were analyzed through standard Statistical
    the sum total or overall pattern of various characteristics procedure. The mean of different variables were compared by
    related to social behaviors, such as introversion, independence using t- test. The significance of means were tested at p<0.05
    or aggressiveness. Personality also includes perceptual and level of confidence. For statistical calculations Excel Spread
    cognitive characteristics, such as the ability to concentrate of Sheet of windows version 7 will be used.
    focus attention. The relevant stable organization of person
    character, temperament, intellect, and physic which 3. Results
    predisposes him or her to behave and action particular ways in In Table-1 the mean and standard deviation and t-ratio of the
    given situations, and which differentiates one individual from personality traits (Self- confidence, Dominance, Introversion,
    another. In this context present project was planned to initiate Neuroticism and Sociability) of the under-graduate and post-
    research on personality traits from a comparative stand point graduate students have been presented. From the table-1 it was
    between the under graduate and post graduate physical found that statistically significant difference existed at 0.05
    education students of West Bengal. The study will be helpful level of confidence between under-graduate and post-graduate
    to the teacher, future researcher to evaluate the personality physical education students in Self-confidence and
    Dominance. But there was no significant difference observed
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    between under-graduate and post-graduate physical education value than the under-graduate physical education students. In
    students in Introversion, Neuroticism, and Sociability. It was the figure-1 the mean values of different personality variables
    also found that in Self Confidence and Dominance, post- have been shown.
    graduate physical education student had significantly higher

    Table 1: comparative analysis of mean, sd, mean diff, standard error and t - ratio of personality traits of under-graduate students and post-
    graduate students
    Under-graduate Students Post-graduate Students Mean Standard
    Variables t-value Remarks
    Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Diff. Error
    Self confidence -20.76 7.45 -28.09 6.16 7.33 1.71 4.31 Significant
    Dominance 24.64 13.32 11.76 8.88 12.88 2.80 4.60 Significant
    Introversion -8.55 5.56 -11.34 9.63 2.79 2.00 1.39 Not Significant
    Neuroticism -16.46 9.67 -14.4 8.63 6.06 2.29 0.90 Not Significant
    Sociability -17.14 7.6 -18.45 8.23 1.31 1.99 0.66 Not Significant
    * Table value of ‘t’ for df ( 58) at 0.05 level of confidence = *2.001

    Fig 1

    4. Discussion of Findings their same psychological make-up and personality factors and
    The result of the study indicated that in Self-confidence and mental set-up, which may caused no significant difference in
    Dominance the Post Graduate physical education students had personality traits between two groups of physical education
    significantly higher value than the Under-Graduate Physical students of West Bengal. This result of the present study was
    Education Students. This may be explained as the post- in consonance with Ghosh & Banerjee, 2014.
    graduate subjects are respectively more knowledgeable than
    the undergraduate students as a result in self-confidence 5. Conclusions
    significant difference may come. As the B.P.Ed trainees were From the above discussions it can be concluded that the under-
    new comer in physical education fields, consequently graduate physical education students significantly differed in
    submissive and less aggressive in nature compared to the self-confidence and dominance compared to the post-graduate
    M.P.Ed students that may cause significant difference in physical education students. In other three personality traits
    dominance between the under-graduate and post graduate i.e. in Introversion, Neuroticism and Sociability no significant
    physical education students. These results of the present study difference was found between under-graduate and post-
    were in consonance with Mondal, L. K.; & Chakraborty P. graduate physical education students of West Bengal.
    (2010) and Ghosh & Banerjee, 2014. On the other hand, no
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