Hope, optimism and academic achievement: Correlationship study among urban school girls
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Psychology - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Hope theory integrates the conceptualization of goals, along with the strategies to achieve those goals and the motivation to pursue those goals. Optimism is a form of positive thinking that includes the belief about one’s responsibility for own happiness and assurance that superior things will continue to happen in the future. Hope and optimism are the basic component for the expectancies of positive outcome in future. Our purpose of the study was to find out the relationship among hope, optimism and academic achievement. 40 girls of age 12 to 15 years and studying in class 9th participated in the research. The participants were given 2 questionnaires for assessment of their level of optimism and hope and it’s correlation with their academic achievement was done. We found that academic achievement was having significant positive correlation with hope and optimism. The study concludes that students who were hopeful and optimistic have high chances of becoming high achievers while the outcome may become vice versa in students having low hope and optimism. Information revealed through such research projects will let institutions to develop programs that aim to help students to improve their academic performance by making them aware of the variables to consider.
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Pragya Verma, Anurag Agrawal, P C Mishra
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