A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH REGARDS TO CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i6.2024.1755Keywords:
Achievement Motivation, Secondary School, Demographic VariablesAbstract [English]
The need and desire to achieve is a spring-board of the achievement motivation. The present study is initiated to access the level of achievement motivation of secondary school students with regards to certain demographic varriables.1007 secondary school students from Rajouri and poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir has been included in the sample. Achievement Motivation Scale by Deo and Mohan, (2011) has been used to collect the desired information. Results of the study has shown that an average secondary school student has low level of achievement motivation. With regards to demographic variables it is found that gender do not possess significant difference, whereas significant difference has been found in achievement motivation of secondary school students with regards to their place of living and the type of school in which they are studying.
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