• Dr. Atanu Nanda

Creativity is a constructive process that culminates in the creation of a new product. Creativity is the ability to see or express new relationships. Creativity is not confined to ordinary items; it is also a tool for gaining knowledge. Creativity may be found in all aspects of life, including thinking, working, playing, and social interaction. So, as a sports professional, the researcher has taken the study entitled as “A Comparison of Creativity between Urban and Rural Sports Person with Relation to their Self Confidence”. For fulfill the purpose the researcher have taken 20 male sports persons from urban region and 20 male sports persons from rural region whose, age ranging from 20-24 years by simple random sampling method from Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. Researcher hypothesized that significant difference will be observed in creativity level between urban and rural sports person and also, there would be a significant relationship found between creativity and self-confidence of urban and rural sports person. The researcher collected the data by using the standard questionnaire i.e., Non-verbal test of creativity designed by Baqer Mehdi and self-confidence inventory developed and standardized by M. Basavanna, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, S.V. University, Tirupati. The researcher analyzes the data using t-test and product moment Correlation matrix. The level of significance was set at 0.05. At last significant difference was observed in creativity between urban and rural sports person and the researcher’s hypothesis is accepted. But no significant relationship was found between creativity and self confidence of urban and rural sports persons and the researcher hypothesis is rejected.

Creativity, Self-confidence, Urban, Rural, Sports person, Comparison, Relation

"A Comparison of Creativity between Urban and Rural Sports Person and its relationship with Their Self Confidence", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.d548-d553, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403368.pdf

"A Comparison of Creativity between Urban and Rural Sports Person and its relationship with Their Self Confidence", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppd548-d553, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403368.pdf