doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2017-44183553/

 ^{Aamir Nadiem 1 & Dr. Sudhir Rajpal 2}

Affiliations:

1 M.Phil. Student, Department of Physical Education, Dr. C.V. Raman University, Kota Bilaspur C.G.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Dr. C.V. Raman University, Kota Bilaspur C.G.

ABSTRACT

The present study was aimed to compare narcissism between elite and sub-elite soccer players. 50 male football players, representing the teams who have ranked in top three positions in a national level tournament were selected and group in as elite soccer players. Another set of 50 intercollegiate male football players were also selected and grouped in as sub-elite male soccer players. The age range of selected subjects was 18 to 28 years. Random sampling method was used for selection of sample in the present study. To assess narcissism, Hindi version of Raskin and Hall’s Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) prepared by Helode, Hasan and Helode (2002) was used. It was found that elite male soccer players have more magnitude of narcissistic tendencies as compared to sub-elite male soccer players at .01 level of statistical significance. On the basis of results and associated discussion it was concluded that elite male soccer players possess more magnitude of narcissism as compared to sub elite male soccer players.

Keywords: Narcissism, elite, sub-elite, soccer

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