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标题：Achievement Motivation across Gender and Different Academic Majors
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作者：Chandra Shekhar ; Rachna Devi
期刊名称：Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology
印刷版ISSN：1927-0526
电子版ISSN：1927-0534
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：2
页码：105
DOI：10.5539/jedp.v2n2p105
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：Achievement motivation is considered a prerequisite for success in academic settings. The present study was
carried out with the objectives to investigate the gender related differences and differences across academic
majors on achievement motivation among college students. The study was carried on 80 undergraduate students
of various colleges from Jammu region, 40 males and 40 females (ages 18-23 years) selected by purposive
sampling 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 the
results. Significant difference was found between the achievement motivation of sciences and arts stream
students and achievement motivation among male and female college students. The differences indicate
significant role of gender and academic majors in achievement motivation of college students.