International Journal of Contemporary Research In Multidisciplinary, 2026;5(4):04-08
Beyond Traditional Gender Roles: A Study of Achievement and Power Motivation Among Adolescents
Author Name: Dr. Kamalpreet Kaur Sohi; Preeti Janjhotra;
Abstract
Motivation plays a very crucial role in determining the behaviour of an individual to achieve their goal and to be consistent, as the achievement is a very personal issue. Everybody is motivated due to one reason or another for all these things; one should be motivated. Motivation does play a role in shaping what adolescents want to achieve in school, what kind of jobs they want, and how they develop as people. There are kinds of motivation, but achievement motivation and power motivation are especially important. For a time, people thought that boys and girls had different motivations because of their gender. Boys were thought to be more interested in power and achievement, while girls were thought to be more interested in relationships. Things are changing. More girls are getting educated women are. Families are changing. So the study aims to see if boys and girls still have motivations. The present research paper studied 350 adolescents, including 175 boys and 175 girls aged 16 to 18. We used a test called the Thematic Apperception Test to see what motivated them. We found that there were no differences between boys and girls when it came to achievement motivation or power motivation. This means that boys and girls are similar when it comes to wanting to achieve things and have power. The results suggest that as society changes, the differences between boys and girls are getting smaller. This is important for teachers, counsellors and policymakers who want to help adolescents develop equally.
Keywords
motivation, achievement, adolescents, Apperception, counsellors, power.