Emotional Maturity and Achievement Motivation Among Adolescents of Working Mothers in Selected Secondary Schools, Tirupati
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Emotional Maturity, Achievment Motivation ,Among Adolescents of Working Mothers, Secondary Schools.Abstract
Adolescence is one of the important periods of life. It is characterized by innumerable and unique problems. Emotional Maturity is said to be the foundation for leading a happy and contented life. Achievement motivation is considered a prerequisite for success, not only in academic, but also in sports and job related situations. A correlational research design was used to assess the emotional maturity and achievement motivation among adolescents of working mothers. A total of 100 adolescents were selected by purposive sampling method in selected secondary schools, Tirupati. Tools used for conducting the study were a set of demographic variables, Emotional maturity Scale (Singh & Bhargava, 1991) to assess the emotional maturity and Achievement motivation Scale (Deo & Mohan, 1985) to assess the achievement motivation . Data were analyzed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study was among 100 adolescents, 22 (22%) were extremely stable, 13(13%) were moderately stable, and 32(32%) were unstable, 33(33%) adolescents were extremely unstable. Among 100 adolescents, 21(21%) had low level of achievement motivation, 71(71%) had average level of achievement motivation, 08(08%) had high level of achievement motivation. This study showed that there was a significant moderate negative correlation (-.525) at 0.01 level exists between the emotional maturity and achievement motivation among adolescents. This study concludes that the necessity of developing stable emotional maturity and high achievement motivation through good personality development, able to control his emotions and tendency to strive for success in scholastic performance.
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