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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PHYSICAL SELF-DESCRIPTION AMONGMALE AND FEMALECOLLEGE STUDENTS

    1 Author(s):  KUMAR ANUJ

Vol -  6, Issue- 6 ,         Page(s) : 387 - 393  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the status of physical self-description among college going students. Method: A total number of 60 (30 male and 30 female) were randomly selected from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, university of Delhi. The data was collected by using Physical Self- Description Questionnaire (PSDQ), developed and validated by Marsh et.al (1994). A prior consent was obtained from the subjects for conducting the study. The data was analyzed by calculating a detailed descriptive statistics.

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