The Study of the Relationship between Sport Perfectionism and Achievement Motivation with Sport Success: A Case Study Kabaddi Athletes

The present research aims at studying the relationship between sport perfectionism and achievement motivation with sport success. The population includes all athletes participating in 1-st Division League of Kabaddi, from which 144 people were selected as sample. This was a survey, descriptive research. Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis were applied simultaneously for data analysis. The result of correlation test indicates that there is a significant positive correlations between positive perfectionism and achievement motivation with sport success, and there were significant negative correlation between negative dimensions of perfectionism and sport success. The regression analysis also showed that perfectionism explained 51% and achievement motivation explained 48% of variance in sport success. Finally, it can be said that motivation as a progressive force can be effective in achieving high performance, and she athlete always needs to maintain proper levels of perfectionism.