Investigating Differences in Achievement Motivation Between Participants in Team Sports and Individual Sports
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The purpose of the present study to Investigating Differences in Achievement Motivation Between Participants in Team Sports and Individual Sports in Punjabi University, Patiala. The age of subjects was ranging from 18 to 24 years. The criterion measure chosen was analysed by descriptive analysis and one sample t- test to compare the level between the team games players and individual players. The level of significance chosen to test the hypothesis was 0.05, p, 0.05. The collected data was analysed and one sample t- test to compare depression level among different games.
The obtain data statistically represent the mean of sports achievement motivation with regard to team games is 21.44 and standard deviation is 3.74 where as in case of individual game, the mean value is 17.32 and standard deviation is 3.30. The study also revealed that there were no significant different found between team game player and individual players. The results shows that sports achievement motivation level of team game players is higher than that of individual players.
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