Vol. 1, Issue 9, Part H (2015)

Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the differences in mental toughness and mental health between Tae-Kwon-Do and Judo players. The subjects were taken from different privately owned Martial Arts academy located in Meerut (U.P.). The subjects in this study were 40 (10 boys and 10 girls in each group) of age ranged from 18 to 25 years selected randomly through purposive sampling. To analyze mental toughness of the subjects mental toughness questionnaire (Dr. Alan Goldberg, 2004) and mental health inventory (Dr. Jagdish & Dr. Srivastava 1988) was used. The statistical technique employed for this study was mean, standard deviation and independent‘t’ test. The level of significance was tested at 0.05 levels. As per the statistical analysis significant difference was not found in mental toughness and mental health between Tae-Kwon-Do and Judo players. Therefore, the hypotheses that there will not be significant difference in mental toughness and mental health between Tae-Kwon-Do and Judo players has been accepted.