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A Comparative Study of Personality Traits between Physical Education and General Education Teachers of Assam

Author Affiliations

  • 1Centre for Studies in Physical Education and Sports Dibrugarh University, Assam-786004, INDIA
  • 2Centre for Studies in Physical Education and Sports Dibrugarh University, Assam-786004, INDIA

Res. J. of Physical Education Sci., Volume 2, Issue (8), Pages 17-19, August,23 (2014)

Abstract

The present study was conducted to compare the personality traits between Physical Education and General Education male teachers of Assam. The data pertaining to this study was collected on 50 physical education and 50 general education male teachers of different parts of Assam by using the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQR-S) and the response in YES/NO form were converted numerically following the scoring keys. The collected data were analyzed statistically through T-test and the level of significant was observed at 0.05 level of confidence. On the basis of statistical findings it was conclude that there were insignificant difference in personality traits between Physical Education teacher and General Education teacher (t0.05 (98) = 1.23 1.984). It was also further concluded that the Physical Education Teacher is more extrovert than General education Teacher (24.6&

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