Relationship of Intelligence and Need for  Achievement with Performance of Volleyball Players  at Various Levels of Participation

Dr. Mahabir Singh; Dr. Kuldeep Singh

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Relationship of Intelligence and Need for Achievement with Performance of Volleyball Players at Various Levels of Participation

Dr. Mahabir Singh, Dr. Kuldeep Singh

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of Intelligence and need for achievement with different levels of participation of volleyball players further, to find out a comparative assessment of both variables i.e. Intelligence and Need for achievements among players participating at different level of competitions. 300 male volleyball players, comprising the sample of the study, including 100 from district, 100 from state and 100 from National level volleyball competitions with age range from 20 to 30 years were selected through purposive method of sampling from Haryana State. Raven’s Progressive Matrices for Intelligence (1938) test and Deo Mohan’s test for Need for Achievement. (1985) were administrated to measure the Intelligence and need for achievement respectively. The Pearson’s Product Movements Method for correlation and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test were applied for statistical treatment of data by the help of SPSS (11.5). A perusal of summary of results shows significant correlation between psychological variables and national level volleyball players. Further the F–ratio for the variable need for achievement was significant at 0.01 of probabilities level but it is insignificant in case of the level of intelligence of volleyball players at different level of participation.