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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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Temperament and Well-Being: From Tribal Scenario

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Authors

Aradhana Shukla ¹

Affiliations
1 Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Department of Psychology, Kumaun University Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, IN

Source

IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, Vol 8, No 10-12 (2020), Pagination: 436-442

Abstract

This study was a part of an ICSSR project running under the author and it was aimed to find out the impact of cultural variation, chronological age and marital circumstances on temperament and well being. 240 participants from Kumaun were taken and they were arranged according to the requirements of 3-way factorial design with 3 types of culture (Bhotia, Buxa, & General Kumauni), two levels of chronological age (25-30 years & 55-60 years) and 2 types of marital circumstances (wives living with husbands & wives living far from husbands) 1.e; 20 participants per cell. Measures of temperament and well-being were given to them. Data were analyzed by three way analysis of variation and it was found that all variables laid their impact on temperament and well-being as main effects and interaction mode. Inter correlation analysis result showed that all dimensions were closely knitted. Findings were interpreted in terms of cultural variation, chronological age and marital circumstances as effectors of temperament and well-being. At last, suggestions were made to raise the mental faculty and personality profiles of tribal society.

Keywords

Culture, Marital Circumstances, Temperament, Well-Being.

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