A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ACHIEVERS MALE SPORTSPERSON.
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In the present study social intelligence of high and low achiever male sportspersons was compared. 50 male sportspersons (Average age 23.41 years) who took part in national level individual and team events as well as who came in first four positions in these event were chosen and grouped as high achiever male sportspersons. To fulfil the objectives of the study, 50 intercollegiate male sportspersons (Average age 22.15 years) of team and individual sport were selected and grouped in as low achiever male sportspersons. Purposive sampling method was used in the presented study for selection of sportspersons. To measure social intelligence of the selected subjects, social intelligence scale prepared by Chadha and Ganeshan (1986) was used. It was found that social intelligence of male sportspersons did not vary significantly on the basis of their sports achievement. It was concluded that social intelligence is not a potent variable that affect sports achievement of male sportspersons.
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[Pradip Saini and Yuwraj Shrivastava. (2017); A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ACHIEVERS MALE SPORTSPERSON. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 2009-2011] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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