Study of Achievement Motivation among Female Field Hockey Players In Relation To Performance Level

Abstract

This study conceptualized to compare the achievement motivation of female field hockey players at different levels of competition. To work on the purpose of the study a survey type study has been designed to establish the achievement motivation climate among the female field hockey players. A total 50 female hockey players of various colleges of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, aged 18-24 years, were selected for the study. 25 field hockey players were inter-university level and 25 were inter-college level. All female hockey players were assessed for their achievement motivation level with the help of Achievement Motivation Scale developed by Kamlesh (1990) [9]. The mean values of inter-college and inter-university female hockey players on the variable achievement motivation were 13.69 and 12.92 respectively. The independent sample t-test revealed that then was no significant difference in achievement motivation between inter-college inter-university female hockey players.