A Comparative Study of Stress level of Urban and Rural Handball Players representing All India Inter University

The present study was aimed to investigate the stress level of urban and rural Handball Players representing All India Inter University and its relationship with sport performance. The method of the study is descriptive correlational. The data was collected using questionnaires and through field study procedure. The population of the study consisted of 324 urban and 176 rural Handball Players representing All India Inter University. Stress level of players was assessed using the Stress Scale constructed by Dr.Prerna Puri, Dr.Tejinder Kaur and Prof.Manju Mehta (English version) (2011). T-test was used to compare the groups at 0.05 levels of significance. On the basis of result of the present study, it was concluded that urban Handball players experience more stress than rural Handball players.