Kwatra, SeemaSmita2019-12-032019-12-032019-07http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810136701Physical fitness is the capacity to do prolong hard work and recover to same state of health in short duration of time. It develops health and well-being and it is crucial for cognitive development. Socialization and interaction with peers develop social and emotional skills. The physical fitness test was adopted for eliciting information pertaining to body mass index, physical fitness score, aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and grip strength (with the help of grip dynamometer to find out the change in grip strength). AAHPER test battery (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) was used for the study. This test consisted of six items used to assess the shoulder strength, muscular strength, agility, explosive strength of legs, speed and endurance. Big Five personality attributes scale developed by McCrae and Costa (1995) was used to determine the five personality traits- extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Buss and Perry aggression behaviour questionnaire (1992) was used to determine four factors of aggression i.e., physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility. Oxford Happiness Scale developed by Michael Argyle and Peter Hills (2002) was used. Descriptive as well as experimental research design was chosen for the study. The study was carried out in Nainital district and Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. Purposive sampling design was used to select the study area. Thirty percent of the total sample was considered for the study by random sampling. It comprised of 96 respondents (48 sports and 48 non-sports) of age group 13-18 years. For comparing the difference between sports and non-sports category independent sample t-test was applied. For AAHPER test significant difference was found both among male and female respondents in all the six tests. Sports category performed better as compared to non-sports category. For personality traits significant difference was found between sport and non-sport respondents in all the personality traits as sports category respondents were higher for extraversion, openness to experiences, agreeableness and conscientiousness as compared to non-sports students. While non-sports category respondents scored higher in neuroticism. Aggression among sport and non-sport category was compared by using independent sample t-test. Significant difference was found between both the categories in 3 factors i.e., physical aggression, verbal aggression and anger but no significant difference was found in hostility between them. It was found that non-sports category respondents possess higher level of physical aggression, verbal aggression and anger as compared to sports category. There was a significant difference found between happiness level of sports and non-sports category. Results showed that happiness level of sports category was found to be more as compared to non-sports category. Based upon BMI score, PFI and aerobic capacity, sports category students outnumbers in comparison to non-sports category students.enThesis