A study of Personality Traits and Self Esteem between Sports Persons and Non-Sports Persons of Punjab

The purpose of this study was to compare Sports Persons and Non-Sports Persons on the levels of personality Traits and self-esteem. A total numbers of 70 Sports Persons and Non-Sports Persons were selected as the samples for the study from 6 secondary schools of Ferozepur District of Punjab State. In which 35 were Sports Persons and rest 35 were Non-Sports Persons. The data collection tools used in the study was the Dr. Tom Buchanan’s ‘Big five personality Inventory’ and Dr. Morris Rosenberg’s Self esteem Scale (RSS) for the self esteem variable. Results shows, that in the all five personality traits and Self-esteem, there was no significant difference between Sports Persons and Non-Sports Persons. Finally the researcher concluded that the personality traits and self-esteem of Sports Persons and Non-Sports Persons is similar.