Achievement Motivation across Gender and Different Academic Majors

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.