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Developmental Impact of Cultural Variation and Climate Supportiveness on Academic Motivation


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The aim of this study was to find out the impact of gender, climate variation and climate supportive was on academic motivation in cultural perspective. It was contended that variation in academic motivation would be influenced by variation in gender, climate variation, climate supportive ness and cultural differences. Two hundred fourth participants in the age range of late childhood and early adolescence served as participants and they were arranged according to the requirements of 4-way factorial design with three variations of culture, two types of gender, two types of climate variation and two levels of climate supportiveness. Academic motivation scale was used to assess the magnitude of academic motivation in participants. Data were analyzed by 4-way ANOVA and it was found that all main effects and interactions laid their impact on academic motivation. Findings were interpreted in terms of gender, climate and cultural variation as affectors of academic motivation. At last, suggestions were made to raise the mental faculty of underprivileged society.

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Academic Motivation, Cultural Variation, Climate Supportiveness.
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Authors

Ruchi Joshi
Department of Psychology, Kumaun University Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Aradhana Shukla
Department of Psychology, Kumaun University Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


The aim of this study was to find out the impact of gender, climate variation and climate supportive was on academic motivation in cultural perspective. It was contended that variation in academic motivation would be influenced by variation in gender, climate variation, climate supportive ness and cultural differences. Two hundred fourth participants in the age range of late childhood and early adolescence served as participants and they were arranged according to the requirements of 4-way factorial design with three variations of culture, two types of gender, two types of climate variation and two levels of climate supportiveness. Academic motivation scale was used to assess the magnitude of academic motivation in participants. Data were analyzed by 4-way ANOVA and it was found that all main effects and interactions laid their impact on academic motivation. Findings were interpreted in terms of gender, climate and cultural variation as affectors of academic motivation. At last, suggestions were made to raise the mental faculty of underprivileged society.

Keywords


Academic Motivation, Cultural Variation, Climate Supportiveness.

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