A correlational study of achievement motivation and aptitude in relation to personality among adolescents

Pages: 343-345
Renuka Joshi (Department of Psychology, DAV PG College, Dehradun)
Anjali Sharma (Faculty of Arts, Pacific Academy of Higher, Education and Research University, Udaipur)

The investigation was undertaken to study relationship between achievement motivation and aptitude in relation to personality among adolescents. A sample of 120 students of Pine Hall School Dehradun was drawn with the help of sampling technique. DBDA-NA and DBDA-MA Aptitude test by Sanjay Vohra (1992) was used to study numerical and mechanical aptitude of subject. The Neymen-Kohilstedt test was used to assess personality pattern of the subject and achievement motivation scale by Pratibha Deo and Asha Mohan (2011) was used to know the level of achievement motivation among adolescents. Raw data was tabulated and statistically treated to draw inferences and conclusions. The result revealed that Achievement motivation was positively related to Mechanical ability and numerical ability. It means if any subject is highly motivated to achieve his or her predetermined objective then he will obviously perform better in mechanical and numerical tests.