Comparison of Stress and Academic Achievement Motivation of Talented and Ordinary Masters Students

The aim of this study was to compare the variables of academic achievement motivation and stress between talented and normal students of Tabriz University. Method was a causal-comparative study. The statistical population includes all talented and normal master students of Tabriz University in 2019 and the statistical sample studied is 260 students, including: 130 talented students (According to the criteria of the department of the talented student Affairs of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology) and 130 normal students. They were normal students and were selected using Morgan table and multi-stage cluster sampling. To collect the data, the Standard Student Stress Questionnaire of Pouladi Rieshahri (1995) and the Motivation Questionnaire of Helmrich and Spence (1977), which were scored based on the Likert scale were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software. In order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Multivariate Analysis of Variance) were used. The results showed that the hypotheses related to the difference between the mean of the variables of achievement motivation and stress talented and normal students were not confirmed.