Comparing the Heterogeneity in Maslow’s Self-actualisation among Students’ of Professional Courses and their Demographics

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Page: 183-190

Hureen Wasifa Siddiqui and G. Mary Sunanda (Department of Education, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, Telangana)

Ample research has been done on self-actualisation but seldom research has been carried out on the construct concerning professional courses students. The present work strives to contribute to the dearth of literature in this area hence, self-actualisation is scrutinised among professional course students focusing on Maslow’s conception of higher order need. Students of Education, Engineering, Law, management, and Pharmacy participated online and offline in the survey by responding to the Characteristics of Self-actualization Scale (CSAS) authored by Kaufman (2018). Mean, standard deviation, standard error, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Tukey test of significance, and Independent sample t-test were computed to know the significant differences between the demographics and self-actualisation scores of the participants. The study proved to be significant for professional courses and age variables and non-significant for gender variables. The findings of the study lays down necessary educational implications for the educational community, therefore, bridging the gaps prevailing in the existing literature on self-actualisation and professional courses for students.