A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the college level and university level volleyball players with regard to achievement motivation. The subjects of the present study were purposively selected from the inter-college and inter-university level volleyball players. A total 50 volleyball players of various colleges of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar aged 18-24 years, were selected for the study. 25 volleyball players were inter-university level and 25 were inter-college level. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 16.0 for windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). The data was presented as descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation. The independent samples t-test was applied to assess the significant difference between inter college and inter university female volleyball players on motivational profiles and achievement motivation.