A Correlational Study on The Psychological Impact of Risk-Taking on Achievement Motive among Adolescents

Abstract

Risk-taking way of behaving is a sure demonstration of intentionally controlled conduct might deliver positive or negative reaction which might be in various structures: social, moral, monetary, wellbeing, calling, and psycho-social prosperity of oneself or others and so forth. There has been a bundle of research studies done on risk-taking with various kind of different variables. The aim of this study is to correlate the high risk-taking attitude with high level of achievement motivation. There have been instances where high risk-taking behaviour has led to newer experiences for individual and various learnings have been associated with the same. This study primarily aims to study the behaviour and results of high-risk takers and the achievement it offers to a lone. The purpose of this present study was to examine the correlation between risk-taking attitude and achievement motive and study the psychological impact of risk-taking on achievement motive among adolescents. Thus, the answer to the following questions were sought. 1) To examine the risk-taking attitude in male adolescents. 2) To find out the relation between risk-taking and achievement motive.