Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Relationship between Anxiety and Achievement Motivation of Chess Players

Papan Mondal , Arnab Ghosh , Sudip Sundar Das

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Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety and achievement motivation of Inter–University level male chess players. Method: 25 male chess players were randomly selected as subjects, who participated in East Zone Inter–University Chess Tournament–2012. Sports Achievement Motivation Test by M. L. Kamlesh and Sports Competition Anxiety Test constructed by Rainer Marten were administered to collect the data. Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Product Moment correlation were used for statistical analysis of the data at0.05 level of significance. Results: The results show that the mean SCAT Score was 19.08 and Achievement Motivation Score was 32.92 and there was no significant relationship between Achievement Motivation and Anxiety of male chess players of Inter–University level. Conclusion: It may be concluded that Sports Competition Anxiety has no significant effect on Achievement Motivation for inter–university level chess players.

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Papan Mondal , Arnab Ghosh , Sudip Sundar Das Relationship between Anxiety and Achievement Motivation of Chess Players Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VI June 2013

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