A comparative study on participation motivation among graduate and post graduate students of physical education

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare participation motivation among graduate and post graduate students of physical education, 40 students including male and female, comparing 20 graduates (B.P.ED) and 20 post graduates (M.P.ED), randomly selected for the study. The age of the students ranged between 21- 27 years. The variable selected for the study was participation motivation, which was a psychological characteristic in sports psychology. To collect data for participation motivation, Gill Gross and Huddlestion, 1973 questionnaire was used to compare the variable among students of physical education. The value of mean and standard deviation of the test was computed by applying‘t’ test at 0.05 level of significance. In the study there was insignificant differences found on the trait of participation motivation among graduate and post graduate students of physical education.