A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT-MOTIVATION AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO SELF-CONCEPT

The present study aims to explore the effect of self concept on achievement motivation and academic achievement. The Way I Feel about Myself scale (Das and Panda, 1978) and Achievement Motivation Scale (Robinson and Argule, 1962) were administered. The sample consisted of 80 Subjects of both (high and low Self concept) groups, each group having an equal number of boys and girls. The findings of the study have shown that girl students have better academic achievement and the students with higher self concept perform better in academic tasks. High self concept students have slightly better achievement motivation in comparison to low self concept students but the difference is not significant at .05 level.