INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON IMPULSE CONTROL AND FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE AMONGADOLESCENT GIRLS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of physical exercise on impulse control and frustration tolerance among adolescent girls. To achieve the purpose of the study, sixty (60) girls in the age group of 14 to 16 years were selected randomly as subjects from the different schools in Karaikudi, Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu, India. The selected participants were randomly (simple random sample) assigned into two groups of thirty (n=30) each, such as experimental (group I) and control (group II). The group I (n=30) underwent Physical exercises for a duration of twelve weeks with three alternative days per week, in addition to their routine, group II (n=30) acted as control, who were  refrained from any special training except their leisure time pursuit. Impulse control and frustration tolerance were selected as dependent variables for this study and measured using Impulse control scale and tolerance for frustration scale (Goldberg, et.al., 2006).  All the participants were tested before and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variables. The collected data were analyzed by using dependent ‘t’test and ANCOVA. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level. It was concluded that Physical exercise group enabled better improvement in managing impulse control and frustration tolerance among adolescent girls.