International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Renuka Joshi ¹, Anjali Sharma ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, DAV PG College, Dehradun, IN
2 Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur, IN

Abstract

The investigation was undertaken to study relationship between achievement motivation and aptitude in relation to personality among adolescents. A sample of 120 students of Pine Hall School Dehradun was drawn with the help of sampling technique. DBDA-NA and DBDA-MA Aptitude test by Sanjay Vohra (1992) was used to study numerical and mechanical aptitude of subject. The Neymen-Kohilstedt test was used to assess personality pattern of the subject and achievement motivation scale by Pratibha Deo and Asha Mohan (2011) was used to know the level of achievement motivation among adolescents. Raw data was tabulated and statistically treated to draw inferences and conclusions. The result revealed that Achievement motivation was positively related to Mechanical ability and numerical ability. It means if any subject is highly motivated to achieve his or her predetermined objective then he will obviously perform better in mechanical and numerical tests.

Keywords

Achievement Motivation, Aptitude, Personalty, Adolescents.

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Renuka Joshi ¹, Kanchan Yadav ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.A.V. (PG) College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the effects of Parental encouragement on temperament of adolescent girls and boys from class 9th to 12th standards. 2×2 factorial design was used. Data was collected from 120 high school students divided into 60 boys and 60 girls. Parental encouragement scale developed by Sharma (1987) was used to asses the parental encouragement, and Temperament scale developed by Chadda and Chandana was used to measure temperament of the subjects. Mean, SD, and F test were used for statistical analysis of obtained scores. Results indicated significant difference among adolescent boys and girls.

Keywords

Temperament, Parental Encouragement, Adolescent Boys and Girls.

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