AUTHOR(S): Dr. Ranbir Singh

ABSTRACT:
To achieve the purpose of present study, a sample of sixty (N=60) male players (athletes=20, Footballers=20, swimmers=20) were selected. The age of the subjects was ranging between 18 to 25 years. The purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the subjects.The samples were taken from the colleges affiliated to Punjabi University Patiala. Adjustment Inventory for College Students, developed by Prof. A.K.P. Sinha and Dr. R.P. Singh, 1980 was used for collection of the data. One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to find out the significant differences with regard to the variable adjustment among athletes, Footballers and swimmers. The Post-hoc Test (Scheffe’s) was applied to see the direction and significance of differences where F-ratio found statistically significant. The level of significance was set at 0.05. It is concluded that significant differences have been found between Footballers and swimmers with regard to sub-variables health, emotional, educational and total adjustment. Significant differences have also been seen between athletes and Footballers on educational adjustment but insignificant on health, emotional and total adjustment. Insignificant differences have been found between athletes and swimmers with regard to sub-variables health, emotional, educational and total adjustment.

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