A Study of Behaviour and Personality between Rural and Urban Area Players

Abstract

Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the behaviour and personality between rural
and urban area players. Another objective of this study was to investigate the behavior and personality of
male players from rural and urban areas, as well as that of female athletes. Methods: The subjects for this
study were selected 400 players from rural and urban area from western Uttar Pradesh (U.P.). The
subjects wear equally divided into two groups 200 rural (100 male & 100 female) and 200 urban (100
male & 100 female) players. After that all subjects will be equally divided from i.e. 40 players is divided
into two groups 20 rural (10 male and 10 female) and 20 urban area (10 male and 10 female) in each
game (athletics, badminton, boxing, basketball, cricket, football, kabaddi, shooting, volleyball &
wrestling). The age of the subjects were ranged between 16 to 18 years. The variables selected for
evaluation included behavior and personality. To measure behavior between the players from rural and
urban areas, the 'Leader Behavior Scale' developed by Asha Hinger was used, while the 'Dimensional
Personality Inventory' developed by Dr. Mahesh Bhargava was used to assess personality. To find out
significant different of behaviour and personality between rural and urban area players and behavior and
personality of male players from rural and urban areas, as well as that of female athletes, ‘t-test’ was used.
The level of significance was set at .05 levels. Results and Discussion: The result reveals the ‘t-test’ that
there was significant (p>.05) for behaviour and personality between rural and urban area players and
behavior and personality of male players from rural and urban areas, as well as that of female athletes.