Achievement Motivation across Gender and Different Academic Majors

Chandra Shekhar · Rachna Devi

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Achievement motivation is considered a prerequisite for success in academic settings. The present study wascarried out with the objectives to investigate the gender related differences and differences across academicmajors on achievement motivation among college students. The study was carried on 80 undergraduate studentsof various colleges from Jammu region, 40 males and 40 females (ages 18-23 years) selected by purposivesampling method. As per research plan all 80 subjects were selected on the basis of gender (males and females)and academic majors (arts and sciences) using Achievement Motivation Scale. t- Test was used for deriving theresults. Significant difference was found between the achievement motivation of sciences and arts streamstudents and achievement motivation among male and female college students. The differences indicatesignificant role of gender and academic majors in achievement motivation of college students.

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