Assessment of Achievement Motivation for Individual and Team Game Players with Optimistic and Pessimistic Attitude

A Study on the Assessment of Achievement Motivation among Individual and Team Game Players with Different Attitudes

by Parmod Kumar*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 15, Issue No. 7, Sep 2018, Pages 246 - 248 (3)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals


ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to Study of Assessment of Achievement Motivation for Individual and Team Game Players with Optimistic and Pessimistic attitude. A total of 100 male sports persons from team sports were purposively selected to act as subjects for the purposed study. The age of the subjects ranged between 17 to 30 years and the mean age of the subjects was found to be 21 (+SD) years. The subjects were sports persons from Basketball (20), Boxing (20), Cricket (20), Netball (20) and Hockey (20) with minimum Inter University level participation in their respective sports discipline. The questionnaire developed by D.S. Parasar (1998), Dr. M.L. Kamlesh, 1990 and Agashe and Helode, 2002 were used for assessing the Optimistic attitude, Sports achievement and emotional intelligence of the sports persons. The data for the present study was collected through the administration of the selected test items for psychological variables on the selected Inter varsity players from all over Haryana. The collected data was analyzed by computing Descriptive statistics, Independent t-test followed by Pearson’s Product moment correlation. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.

KEYWORD

achievement motivation, individual game players, team game players, optimistic attitude, pessimistic attitude, sports persons, inter university level participation, psychological variables, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson's Product moment correlation

INTRODUCTION

In the last thirty years, a social cognitive approach is adopted by many studies and motivation in sports to comprehend sports motivation, achievement goad theory has become is of the most significant approaches. The theory of achievement motivation which originally emanated from the work of Mc Celland (1958) was developed to account for behavior in all achievement related situations. As indicated by Atkinson (1964), an achievement circumstance contains those occasions where an individual realizes that his execution will be assessed without anyone else's input or by others as far as some standard of perfection and that the results of his activities will be either an ideal assessment (achievement) or unfavorable assessment (disappointment). It appears glaringly evident that there is a nearby association among wellbeing and satisfaction; the sentiment of joy is a characteristic, however not constantly conceivable sign of emotional well-being. What's more, wellbeing is a fundamental precondition for joy, however it isn't the just a single. It ought to be borne at the top of the priority list, in any case, that much of the time the assessment procedure, for both wellbeing and the sentiment of joy, is completely abstract, and can be adjusted by various situational and individual elements trademark for the evaluator. The plain same individual conditions can be seen contrastingly by various individuals, delivering great or terrible emotions. It isn't the satisfaction in especially open to living conditions that recognizes cheerful individuals from miserable ones, or such demographical qualities as age, sexual orientation, and instruction, or great physical wellbeing, or even good fortunes. Nor is satisfaction restrictive on winning or losing in games. Cheerful individuals have an alternate identity from troubled individuals: they are fewer masochists, more extraverted, open, pleasant, and principled.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

“ASSESSMENT OF ACHIVEMENT MOTIVATION FOR INDIVDUAL AND TEAM GAME PLAYERS WITH OPTIMISTIC AND PESSIMISTIC ATTITUDE”

To study the Achievement Motivation and Emotional Intelligence of Sportspersons in relation to their Optimistic and Pessimistic Attitudes total of 100 male sports persons from team sports were purposively selected to act as subjects for the purposed study.

Age:-

The age of the subjects ranged between 17 to 30 years.

Selection of the variables:-

The subjects were sports persons from Basketball (20), Boxing (20), Cricket (20), Netball (20) and Hockey (20) with minimum Inter University level participation in their respective sports discipline. Questionnaire Applied:- The questionnaire developed by D.S. Parasar (1998), Dr. M.L. Kamlesh, 1990 and Agashe and Helode, 2002 were used for assessing the Optimistic attitude, Sports achievement and emotional intelligence of the sports persons. The data for the present study was collected through the administration of the selected test items for psychological variables on the selected Inter varsity players from all over Haryana.

Statistical Analysis:-

The collected data was analyzed by computing Descriptive statistics, Independent t-test followed by Pearson‘s Product moment correlation. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.

RESULT OF THE STUDY

Table No. 1 Descriptive assessment of Achievement Motivation for individual and team game players with Optimistic attitude

Table-1 clearly display the measurement for descriptive assessment of Achievement Motivation Individual and Team Game Players with Optimistic graphical illustration has been exposed in fig no. 1

Figure No. 1 Graphical illustration of Descriptive assessment of individual and team game players for achievement motivation with Optimistic attitude Table No. 2 Descriptive assessment of Achievement Motivation for individual and team game players with Pessimistic attitude

Table 2 clearly display the measurement for descriptive assessment of Achievement Motivation Individual and Team Game Players with Pessimistic Attitude, table display the mean and standard deviation values of Achievement Motivation are found to be 32.870±1.984&29.240±2.015 respectively. The graphical illustration has been exposed in fig no.2

of individual and team game players for achievement motivation with Pessimistic attitude

DISCUSSION ON HYPOTHESIS

The mean and standard deviation values of Achievement Motivation are found to be 29.273±3.640&20.367±3.308 respectively and a significant difference has been found in the Achievement Motivation of team and individual game players, as the value is found to be 13.861 which is significant at 0.05 level. The mean and standard deviation values of Achievement Motivation are found to be 32.870±1.984&29.240±2.015 respectively and a significant difference has been found in the Achievement Motivation of team and individual game players, as the significant measurement is found to be 7.181.

CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY

► A significant difference has been found in the Achievement Motivation of team and individual game players with Optimistic Attitude. ► A significant difference has been found in the Achievement Motivation of team and individual game players with Pessimistic Attitude.

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Corresponding Author Parmod Kumar*

Research Scholar, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, Haryana