INTRODUCTION:- The relationship between behaviour and biology has been heuristically organised around the three themes : health impairing and health promoting habits, illness related descisions and actions, and the psychophysiolgical effects of stress. Health - impairing and health -promoting habits have a direct effect on health by introducing substances into the body or by using the body in a manner that alerts biological functioning. Smoking, Alcohol consumption, exercsie and immunisation are some of the examples of these behaviours. Since time immemorial it has been recorded in the literature that physical exercise is the most important factor in keeping an indivdual physically healthy and mentally alert. It is also available in the literature that exercise has significant effect in doing away with the participants sublimating, anti-social tendencies and inferiority complexes. This study is based on evaluating the effects of exercise on various psycho-social parameters viz. state and trait anxiety, Self-esteem, depression and adjustment (home, social, college and health) This study is designed with the following objectives 1. To evaluate differences in state anxiety levels between exercisers and non exercisers. 2. To evaluate difference in trait anxiety levels between exercisers and non exercisers 3. To evaluate difference in depression levels between exercisers and non exercisers. 4. To evaluate difference in self-esteem levels between exercisers and non exercisers 5. To evaluate difference in various adjustment in life areas between exercisers and non exercisers 6. To assess the general determinants of exercise. Back to contents