A study on well-being, locus of control, gender and sports

ABSTRACT

Background: The purpose of the study is to investigate the general well-being in students who playsports at a competitive level and students who don't play sports at a competitive level of the age group 16–22 years.Methods: The sample consisted of 160 participants. 80 participants played sports at a competitive level(out of which 40 were males and 40 were females) and 80 participants did not play sports at a competitivelevel (out of which 40 were males and 40 were females). Method of purposive sampling and conveniencesampling was used for inclusion of participants.Results: The difference of general well-being between internal and external locus of control was significantat F= 11.58, p< 0.000852 and the difference of general well-being between male and female was significantat F=9.46, p<0.002491.Conclusion: Sport in the researcher’s sample, did not have major impact on the general well-being ofstudents. The researcher’s study, was in line with previous researches, saying that gender has a majorimpact on general well-being of an individual, this is because of several psycho-social factors.