Comparative Study to Assess the Level of Self- Esteem and Achievement Motivation among Adolescents in Rural and Urban Pre-University Colleges, Mangaluru
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 10
Abstract
The study compared the level of self- esteem and achievement motivation among adolescents in rural and urban pre-university colleges, Mangalore. The research approach used for the study was descriptive and comparative approach. A comparative descriptive research design was used to study 240 adolescents from rural and urban preuniversity college, selected by multistage random sampling technique. The data was collected using Rosenberg Self-esteem and Achievement Motivation Scale. The data collected was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics to achieve the objectives of the study and to test the research hypotheses. The results revealed that Majority (98.3%) of adolescents in urban pre-university college had high level of self-esteem, whereas the adolescents of rural pre-university college, majority (86.7%) had average level of self-esteem. Most (70%) of the adolescents of urban pre-university college had high level of achievement motivation whereas 50% of them from rural pre-university college had above average level of achievement motivation. There was a significant difference in the level of self-esteem (t= 15.892, p< 0.05) and level of achievement motivation (t= 16.498, p<0.05) of adolescents rural and urban pre-university college. There was significant association between level of self-esteem of rural and urban adolescents studying in pre-university college with streams of education of mother and percentage of marks in 10th exam. There was significant association between the levels of achievement motivation among adolescents of rural pre-university college with streams of education. The study concluded that Parents and teachers should be encouraged and motivated to provide their children with a large amount of support in order to raise their children’s self-esteem and achievement motivation and lessen the likelihood that their children will be prey to the antisocial behaviour.
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Vijetha Kottari
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