Author(s): Vislavath Surender and Dr. PK Subramaniam

Abstract:
The present study focuses on the Association of Selected Health Related Physical Fitness Variables on Mental Health and Academic Achievement of Tribal schoolboys. Here, 600 tribal school boys of age 13 to 15 years are selected from the 15 Government schools of Rajanna Sirclla District, Telangana. Further to collect the data simple random sampling technique has been adapted for data collection. The present study consists of two dependent variables, namely Mental Health and Academic Achievement, and five independent variables, namely Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, Cardio Respiratory Endurance, Flexibility, and Body mass index (BMI). The data collected from the tribal school boys is analyzed with the help of suitable statistical techniques, such as descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The data collected from the tribal school boys is analyzed with the help of suitable statistical techniques, such as descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. To examine the interrelationship among the selected health-related physical fitness variables with mental health and academic achievement, Pearson’s correlation coefficient is considered. Selected health related physical fitness variables significantly correlated with mental health and academic achievement of the tribal school boys.

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