@article {10.3844/jssp.2011.369.374,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Achievement Motivation and Adjustment Patterns among International and National Players of Different Team Sports},
author = {Rathee, Nirmaljit Kaur and Singh, Jagbir},
volume = {7},
year = {2011},
month = {Jul},
pages = {369-374},
doi = {10.3844/jssp.2011.369.374},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2011.369.374},
abstract = {Problem Statement: Achievement in sports demands specific behavior from an athlete.. The performer in such events must have ability to assess the situation, select the response, decide quickly and then implement it with determined efforts. Approach: This study was focused to examine the levels of achievement motivation, emotional and social adjustment among international and national players of basketball, hockey and handball games. Subjects (N = 240) were administered Achievement Motivation Test and Adjustment Inventory Analysis of variance (2×2 factorial design) was applied to find out the significance of differences and interaction of gender and performance. Descriptive values were worked to find out the direction of differences and t-test was used to find out significance of inter sport differences. Results: International players had higher levels of achievement motivation (M = 27.42, SD = 4.16) as compared to the National level players (M = 24.84, SD = 3.98), F = 27.33 (p},
journal = {Journal of Social Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}