The Effects of Achievement Motivation on Relationships Between Depression and Social Support

Two surveys were carried out on university students (study 1: 116 males and 120 females ; study 2: 140 males and 105 females) in order to verify 1 ; achievement motive stand concerning relationship between depression and social support ; 2: the two aspects of achievement motive (self-fulfilmentive achievement motive and competitive achievement motive) effects differently on the relationship between depression, and 3: the two factors (‘depression’ and ‘ochikomi’****) in depression. As results, the following findings were obtained: 1. A person with a high self-fulfilmentive achieve - ment motive may experience ‘ochikomi’ in everyday life, but when he / she makes use of social support, the fact that he / she has a high self-fulfilmentive achievement motive acts effectively, showing a significant negative correlation with depression. 2. A person with a high competitive achievement motive has a sivificant positive correlation with ‘ochikomi’ ****, and may depend on social support as a result of ‘ochikomi’****. However, no correlation with depression are seen, and the competitive achievement motive is proved ineffective in the utilization of social support.