Sports Psychology is considered an important component of Sports Sciences. It has become a scientific study of the sports-persons not only in the competitive settings, but also during their training period. Sports psychologists are investigating into several dimensions relating the intricate relationship between competitive sports and personality or psychological make up the sports persons. They are asking several questions in order to arrive at acceptable conclusions. These are: what are the underlying psych-ological dimensions of outstanding sports performance? Is personality amenable to change due to sports? Does sports environment affect personality and personality development? Or does the interaction of the personality traits with the sports specific situations determine sports performance and sports specific behaviour? Sports psychologists have postulated several theoretical perspectives to answer these questions and researchers are trying to validate such postulations through empirical studies world over.

The present book tries to synthesise the empirical findings by a group of research scholars engaged in the scientific enquiry relating to the aforementioned questions. The book contains the summary of their research contained in their respective PhD theses submitted to Punjabi University, Patiala. Most of the research scholars have taken assistance of the Netaji Subhas Institute of Sports, Patiala. 

It is hoped that this book would be quite useful to the future research scholars who are pursuing their researches in the area of Sports Sciences, Physical Education and Sports Psychology. This book is dedicated to the new generation of researchers. 

Preface

Introduction – Sports Psychology in India : Meta-analysis of Empirical Studies 

Dr. (Mrs.) Urvashi Roul 

List of Contributors

1. Disjunctive Reaction Time of the top Level Indian Sportsmen In Relation to their Extraversion, Neuroticism and Competitive Anxiety

Dr. Agyajit Singh

2. A Follow-up Study of Young Sportspersons: Towards An Interactionism Paradigm in Sports Personology                

Dr. (Mrs.) Urvashi Roul

3. A Comparative Study of Sportsmen and Non-Sportsmen with Respect to their Personality Needs, Adjustment and Attitudes  

Dr. G.S. Kang

4. Performance of Sportsmen as a Function of Some Selected Psychological  Variables

Dr. Baljit Kaur

5. A Comparative Study of Cognitive Abilities of High and Low Level Indian Athletes

Dr. Manorajani Khan

6. A Correlational Study of Psychomotor Profiles and Sports Performance of Athletes

Dr. Paramjit Singh Dhanda

7. A Comparative Study of Psychomotor Abilities of Athletes and Non-athletes Male Students of Different Age Groups

Dr. S.S. Gill

8. Development of Psycho-social Profiles of Indian Athletes

Dr. Bhupinder Singh

9. A Study of Soccer Skills, Self-concept, Anxiety and Level of Aspirations of Female Inter-college Players

Dr. Paramjit Kaur

10. A Comparative Study of Socio-psychological Traits of Champion and Non-champion Boxers at Different Levels of Competition

Dr. Amarjit Singh

11. Analysis of Psycho-social Variables of Adolescent Athletes in Relation to their Performance

Dr. Kushbir Singh

12. A Study of the Effect of Maximum Load on Psycho-physiological Changes and its Relationship with Personality Characteristics