STUDY ON MENTAL RESILIENCE OF HILL AND VALLEY BADMINTON PLAYERS: A PARAMETRIC APPROACH

Worleichan A Shimray; L Pungding

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i4.2024.5932

Authors

Worleichan A Shimray Research scholar, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Manipur University.
Dr. L Pungding Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Manipur University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i4.2024.5932

Keywords:

Badminton, Hill Districts Valley Districts, Mental Resilience/Toughness and Manipur

Abstract [English]

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the mental resilience among the badminton players from the hill and valley districts of Manipur.
Methodology: A purposive sampling method was employed to collect a sample of 60 male badminton players’, 30 each from the Hill (age: 20.83±2.29) and Valley (age: 19.2±3.25) districts of Manipur, India respectively. Participating subjects must be male only and the age should be between 18 to 23 years and belong to various districts of Manipur. The level of participation of the players should be at least state-level tournament. The Mental Toughness Questionnaire, developed by Dr. Alan Goldberg (1998), was utilized to assess mental resilience of the selected players. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and independent t-tests were conducted to compare mental toughness between hill and valley badminton players (p ≤ 0.05) after ensuring parametric assumptions were met. All analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.0.
Results and conclusion: The result showed insignificant difference between hill and valley badminton players on overall mental toughness with p=0.11 (p>0.05) and calculated t=1.64 which is lesser than the tabulated value t=2.00. According to the result of the study, there was insignificant difference found in overall mental toughness between the hill and valley badminton players. Additionally, the valley players have slightly higher mental toughness level than the hill players but statistically no significant difference was found.

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