Achievement Motivation and Perceived Stress Among Competitive Exam Aspirants

Abstract

Competitive exams have become a crucial milestone for individual to secure a job in various field. Every year, millions of candidates were competing on a challenging way to crack those exams. Aspirants frequently devote their time, energy and resources in order to secure a position they desire. Achievement Motivation refers to an individual’s drive to succeed. Achievement Motivation plays a vital role in aspirant’s effort and resilience. Subjective experience of difficult situation referred as Perceived Stress. Chronic stress may be leads to burnout, decreased motivation among Competitive Exam Aspirants. This study examines the relationship between Achievement Motivation and Perceived Stress among Competitive Exam Aspirants. Quantitative Survey design was adopted with using standardized measures. Muthee’s and Thomas’s Achievement Motivation scale and Sheldon Cohen et.al Perceived Stress scale were used. Sample of 62 Competitive Exam Aspirants were taken. The result of this study indicates that the competitive exam aspirants demonstrated moderate level of achievement motivation and perceived stress. Further, the data also resulted no correlation (r = -.014) between Achievement Motivation and Perceived Stress among Competitive Exam Aspirants. Thus, the study implied that the need for training to improve their achievement motivation and to reduce their perceived stress of competitive exam aspirants.