A Survey of Self-esteem among Successful and Unsuccessful Student Athletes and this relationship by Achievement Motivation

Survey of Self-esteem and this relationship by Achievement Motivation

Abstract

^{The aim of this study is Survey of Self-esteem among Successful and Unsuccessful Student Athletes and this relationship by Achievement Motivation in Mazandaran Province. The subjects of study were 150 student athletes, divided into two groups of men and women: 750 successful student athletes, successful in gaining medals in interior and international official competitions and 750 unsuccessful athletes, unsuccessful in gaining medals. Instruments of the study were Gill & Deeter (1998) sport orientation scale (SOQ) and revised self-esteem questionnaire (Cupper-Smith, 1968). For analyzing data, Pearson Correlation and t-test (<0.05) were used. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between self-esteem and achievement motivation between the two groups. Also the results of t-test revealed a significant difference between self-esteem and achievement motivation among successful and unsuccessful athletes. It means that self-esteem and achievement motivation were significantly higher in successful athletes comparing with unsuccessful athletes. Generally, regular physical activity together with improved increasing self-esteem, leads to higher achievement improvement.}