School Adjustment and Achievement Motivation of Students of Secondary level: A Study

Abstract

Academic achievement is affected by many of the factors and achievement motivation and school adjustment are two of them. Achievement Motivation is that internal force of a student which motivates him to continuously work hard and achieve success in any work. Adjustment is the process by which a person strikes a balance between his goals and his circumstances. The researcher here aims to find the relationship between School Adjustment and Achievement Motivation of the students of secondary level. The study was conducted using survey method. 100 secondary students were randomly selected from two schools. Study reveals that school adjustment significantly affects the achievement motivation of both of the science and art side secondary students. This study emphasizes that various adjustment programs should be arranged for secondary students to promote overall adjustment in them.