doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2019-32498192/

M.S. Vasanth & Sekar Deepika ¹,  Palanichamy Thamilselvan ² & Palanichamy Senthilvadivel ³   

Affiliations

1 I year Post Graduate student.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore-641014, Tamilnadu, India & Corresponding Author.

³ Lecturer, College of Applied Occupational Therapy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT

Background: There exists a stereotype among the general population that the sports students get involved in many risk-taking behaviours and also that such behaviours are high at their transition period from adolescence into the adulthood. We also fail to look at the other desirable effects of risk-taking and the effects of other variables like achievement motivation, which play a major role in risk-taking. Aim: To assess the level of achievement motivation among the college going sports-students and non-sports-students and the impact of their risk-taking behaviour. Method: 100 college going sports-students (50) and non-sports students (50) selected from an Arts & Science College using convenient sampling. Ray’s Achievement Motivation Scale and Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale were chosen as a study measure. Results: There exists a significant relationship between the achievement motivation and risk-taking behaviour, significant difference between the sports-students and non-sports-students in ethical-risk-taking behaviour and gender differences among sports-students in terms of health risk-taking behaviour. Conclusion: Risk-taking behaviours are more predominant with those who aspire for greater success and a better development in their professional skills rather than academic skills and yet higher risk-taking without analysing consequences can be harmful and lead to negative events and effects.

Keywords: Risk-taking, Achievement motivation and Sports students.

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