Author(s): Suresh Kumar, Dalwinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh

Abstract:
The present study was designed to compare the level of psychological well-being between high and low cricket performers. A sample of one hundred twenty eight (N=128) inter-college level cricketers from the affiliated colleges to Panjab University, Chandigarh was selected for the present study. Out of 128, sixty four each (N=64) were assigned to the high and low level group of cricketers on the basis of their performance in inter-college tournament. The Psychological well-being of subjects was measured by employing Psychological Well-Being Scale constructed by Ryff& Keyes (1995) ^[13]. The test of significance (‘t’ test) was used to compare the psychological well-being between high and low level cricket performers. Descriptive statistics was also carried out. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The results of the present study indicated that the high level cricket performers were significantly better as compared to their low level counterparts with regard to the sub-variables; autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations, purpose in life, self- acceptance and on the variable psychological well-being (Total).

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