Level Of Aggression Among The Athletes Of High And Low Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Research Background: According to Scheier and Carver (1992) self-efficacy underlines people‘s faith in their ability to carry out particular behaviour or produce a desired outcome. Self-efficacy is a person‘s belief in his or her ability to complete a future task or solve a future problem. Other hand, aggression is distinct from, synonymously used words like anger and hostility. According to Fraczek and Zumkley (1992), Aggressive behaviour is aimed at causing harm to others. In this study investigator find out the impact of self-efficacy on level of aggression.

Objectives: The study objective was, to study the significant difference in level of aggression among the athletes of high and low self-efficacy. Other hind side objective was, to study the significant difference in level of aggression among male and female athletes.      

Procedure: The present study, one hundred twenty athletes were selected. Out of them, sixty athletes were selected from high self-efficacy, in which thirty were selected from male athletes and thirty were selected from female athletes as well as in the same way sixty athletes were selected from low self-efficacy, in which thirty were selected from male athletes and thirty were selected from female athletes. The purposive sampling technique was used for the selection the sample. Their age range between was 20 to 26 years. In this study self-efficacy scale has developed by, Dr. A. K. Singh and Dr. Shruti Narain and Aggression Inventory is developed by M.K. Sultania have been used.

Conclusions: It is concluded that, there is significant difference found in level of aggression among the high and low self-efficacy athletes. The athletes of low self-efficacy have found more level of aggression than athletes of high self-efficacy. Another concluded that, there is insignificant difference found in level of aggression among the male and female athletes. The male and female athletes have found equal on their level of aggression.