Relationship of Locus of Control (Internal-External) and Loneliness Feeling of Athlete and Non Athlete Girls

The Aim of this Research is Study of Relationship of Locus of Control (Internal-External) with Loneliness Feeling in Athlete and Non Athlete Girls. 60 Girl Athlete students of University Sport Teams and 160 Non Athlete students in Range of 19-26 years old were considered as subjects. UCLA Questionnaire for measuring Lonelinessfor measuring loneliness Feeling, and the Levenson Questionnaire (I, P, C) for Locus of Control. T test for independed qroupes and Pearson correlation coefficient for analizing data was used. Results showed that there is Significant Difference between Athlete and Non Athlete Students in Loneliness Feeling (p=0.001). And there is Significant Difference between Athlete and Non Athlete Students in Internal Locus of Control, Athletes Benefit (p=0.001). There is Significant Difference between Athlete and Non Athlete Students in External Locus of Control, (Chance Tendency) Athlete Benefit (p=0.001). There is no Significant Difference between Athlete and Non Athlete Students in External Locus of Control, (Powerful People Tendency) (p=0.198). There is Positive and significant relationship between Loneliness Feeling with the Internal and External Locus of Control. The Significant Difference of Internal Locus of Control between Two Groups, Shows athlete Students have more Control on their Life, and are more Responsible about there success and failure. It seems that Non athletes attribute the reasons of their life events to others. Reasons to others, the relationship between lonediness feeling and locus of control means that nonathletic with external locus of control, having less control on their life attitude, feel more loneliness. Significant difference between two groups in loneliness feeling, confirms the social psychological useful effects of sport activities.