• Ramani Ratnabai. R
• Dr.C.Durai
• Dr.P.Thangaraj

The purpose of the study was to compare Parental Assistance and Assertiveness among women sports participants. 312 students between the age group of 17-23 years studying in various colleges affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India were participated in the study. The independent variable Assertiveness was compared with the dependent variables Parental Interest, Parental Behaviour, and Resource Provision. Rathus Assertiveness schedule developed by Rathus (1978) and Parental Supportive scale developed by Dr.Shobha Nandwana & Dr. Nimmi Asawa (2006) were used. The collected data was statistically analyzed by ANOVA in all cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to find the significant difference between the selected groups. The result shown that, there was a insignificant relationship found between Parental Assistance and assertiveness among women participated in sports activities.

Parental Support, Assertiveness

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PARENTAL ASSISTANCE AND ASSERTIVENESS AMONG WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.679-683, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904V46.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PARENTAL ASSISTANCE AND ASSERTIVENESS AMONG WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp679-683, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904V46.pdf