Creativity as a factor of achievement motivation among graduate college students

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the effects of creativity on achievement motivation among graduate college students form B. N. Mandal, University, Madhepura. The study conducted on Graduate (150 male and 150 Female) college students. Their age ranged from 16-22 years. For this purpose, Descriptive Test of Creativity standardized by Dr. C.B. Asha(1990) and Deo-Mohan Achievement Motivation (n-Ach) Scale (1990) were used to measure Achievement Motivation Questionnaires were used as tools to collect relevant data. Survey method was used for the study. The result revealed that there is positive but low and substantial relationship between Creativity and Achievement Motivation. The data were analysed by employing t-test in SPSS (16.0). The results revealed that there is no significant difference between creativity and achievement motivation of Male and Female graduate students of constituent colleges of B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura, whereas creativity of graduate students of constituent college of Madhepura is moderate and achievement motivation is high. The groups of Female graduate constituent college students are scores high creativity and high achievement motivation than that of Male groups. Findings were also discussed in the light of earlier research findings.