A Comparative Study of Stress Vulnerability and Self Concept between Sedentary and Non Sedentary Males

Abstract

The study was conducted to serve the purpose to compare the stress vulnerability and self concept among sedentary and non sedentary middle age men of district Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. Sixty males (30 sedentary & 30 non sedentary) within the age group of 35-45 years were randomly selected to take part in this survey study. The necessary data on stress vulnerability and self concept were examined by “stress vulnerability scale” developed by Lyle H .Miller &Alma Dell Smith (1989) and self concept questionnaire developed by Dr. Rajkumar Saraswat. In order to compare the stress vulnerability and self concept between selected subjects descriptive statistics and independent ‘t’-test was employed at 0.05 level of significance. The finding revels that there is significant difference of stress vulnerability and self concept between sedentary and non sedentary males. The non sedentary males are superior in both variables as compare to sedentary men.