Factors Affecting Academic Achievement Motivation in High School Students

This study aims to investigate the relationships that exist among academic achievement motivation with 3 relevant factors Gender, Socio-Economic Status and Family Relationship Pattern. The study was carried out on 100 randomly sampled high school students (Boys=50; Girls=50) of government schools of Dibrugarh, Assam. It was hypothesized that 1) there is a difference between student's gender and academic achievement motivation 2) there is a difference between students' Socio-Economic Status and academic achievement motivation 3) there is a correlation between the students' family relationship pattern and their academic achievement motivation. Academic Achievement Motivation Test by Dr. T.R. Sharma was used to study the level of motivation in the sample. Their socio-economic status was decided by employing the Socio-Economic Status Scale by Bharadwaj. The Family Relationship Inventory by Dr.(Mrs.)G.P. Sherry and Dr. J.C.sinha was used to study the pattern of interactions that existed between the parents and the sample. The result indicated moderate differences in students' gender and their academic achievement motivation. Academic Achievement Motivation varied moderately with the students' socio-economic status. Though a positive correlation existed between upper and middle socio-economic status and high academic achievement motivation, low socio-economic status did not indicate significantly low academic achievement motivation. Significant positive correlations (low to moderate) were seen between parental acceptance and student's academic achievement motivation whereas for concentration no significant correlation was noted. A negative correlation was noted between parental avoidance and academic achievement motivation.