A STUDY ON SPORTS PARTICIPATION IN FEMALE STUDENTS OF HYDERABAD KARNATAKA

-The purpose of the present study was to find out the socio-cultural deterrents to sports participation, by female students of Hyderabad Karnataka Gulbarga district. To achieve the objectives of the study, 200 female students were randomly selected from Hyderabad Karnataka Gulbarga district. Sohi and Ikhioya’s(1990) Questionnaire was administered for the collection of data. The five Socio-Cultural dimensions i.e. parental influence, the influence of the peers, the influence of religion, the influence of some values and the influence of expected sex-role orientation. The data were analyzed by applying chi-square test. It has been concluded that generally parents encourage boys in comparison to girls, sports participation is influenced by peers, religion has no effect on sport participation, the values do impact female participation in sports in a negative manner and the sex related role orientation could act as a deterrent to female participation in sports.