Gender differences in academic motivation, optimism and personality type among students

Pages: 581-583
Savita Devi Shehrawat (Department of Education, Monad University, UP)
Nirmala Devi (C R College of Education, Hisar, Haryana)

The current study examined the gender difference in academic motivation, optimism and personality type. The sample was comprised of 400 students in the age range of 19-23 years studying at various colleges of Haryana. Academic motivation Scale (AMS), The Life Orientation Test Revised (LOT-R) (Sheier & Carver, 1985)and NEO-FIVE Personality Factors (Costa & McCrae, 1992) were used to assess academic motivation, optimism and personality types of students respectively. T-test method was used to analyse the results. The findings indicated that there was significant gender difference in academic motivation, optimism and personality types of boys and girls. The results are discussed with empirical findings for further implications.