Social Achievement goals and Academic Adjustment among College Students: Data from Pakistan
Journal Title: European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
The study was conducted to investigate the social achievement goals and academic adjustment among college students in Pakistan. These variables were studied with gender and family system. The sample was consisting of 750 students from which 429 were boys and 321 were girls, age range was 15-20 years. Students form joint family system were 585 and 165 students were form nuclear family system. Student Adaption to College Questionnaire (SACQ) developed by Baker and Siryk (1984) and Social Achievement Goals Questionnaire (SAGQ) developed by Ryan and Shim (2006) were used to collect the data. After analyzing the questionnaire responses of the students, this research was highlighted the problems that the students may face while living in a joint family system. Results indicated that boys have more adaptation to college environment and have more social achievement goals as compared to girls. This research was also helping in knowing that the students from nuclear family system have more social achievement and adjustment to college environment as compared to students from joint family system.
Authors and Affiliations
Shagufta Bibi, Zhenhong Wang, Abdul Sattar Ghaffari, Zafar Iqbal
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