AUTHOR(S): Baljeet Kaur and Dr. Pravin Kumar

ABSTRACT:
For this purpose, thirty-five (N=35) Female Hockey Players of 18 to 25 years of age group were selected to act as subjects. They were divided into two groups which includes: Group-A: (n1=15; Senior National Level Hockey Players); Group-B: (n2=20; All India Inter-university Level Hockey Players); The purposive sampling technique was used to attain the objectives of the study. The sample were taken from the three states of northern India viz. Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. All the subjects, were informed about the objective and protocol of the study. Big Five Personality Inventory was utilized. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0 was used for all analyses. The independent-samples t test (between-groups design) were used to evaluates the difference between the means of two independent or unrelated groups. For testing the hypotheses, the level of significance was set at 0.05. Neuroticism (N): Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance. Extraversion (E): Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance. Openness to experience (O): Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance. Agreeableness (A): Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance. Conscientiousness (C): Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance. Personality Traits: Accept null hypothesis: means not significantly different at 0.05 level of significance.

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