Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part D (2023)

According to psychology, superstitious behavior arises when "the delivery of a reinforcer or punisher occurs close together in time with an independent behavior." For this purpose around Thirty-Three (N=33) Players of 18-25 years of age group were chosen to act as subjects. Further sliced into three groups (N1= 11 Boxing players, N2= 11 Judo players and N3 =11 fencing players). The superstitious Behaviour Questionnaire (Bleak and Frederick 1998) was used as a tool in this study. One Way Analysis of Variance was employed to compare the three groups. Where ‘F’ values were found significant, Scheffe’s Post-hoc test was applied. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Based on the above findings, the following conclusions have been drawn: Significant differences were observed between Boxing, Judo, and Fencing Players on the sub-variables; Fetish and Team Ritual. Were as no significant differences were found regarding the sub-variables; Clothing and Appearance, Preparation, Game/Competition, Prayer, and Coach.