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A Study on Psychological Profiles of University Athletes |

Sandeep Kumar, in International Journal of Physical Education & Sports Sciences | Physical Education, Health, Fitness & Sports

ABSTRACT:

Human organism is an extremely complex structure withunimaginable complex functions. Nowadays more and more emphasis is being laidon the study of psychological factors, which control, condition and modifyhuman behavior. Psychologists from all over the world are critically andenthusiastically examining psychological aspects of sports, applying researchfrom related areas to athletic situations, and attempting to make sense out ofsparse factual material, considering the popularity of sports, its length ofexistence and its impact in society, relatively little research has been donewith athletes. Consequently how much is really known about aspects ofpsychology as they related to sports.