The study of relationship between career aspiration, self-esteem and academic achievement among school adolescents

Pages: 917-921
Shivangi Gupta (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam)
Chetna Jaiswal (Department of Psychological Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar)

School education in India is a challenge to policy makers, educators, families, and communities. The quest for establishing services that address school children’s mental health needs is now gaining increased momentum . Individuals with higher career aspiration are likely to be hard working for the attainment of their goals which contribute towards higher academic achievement and further it results in high level of self esteem . To study the career aspiration and its relationship with academic achievement and self esteem. To carry out the research, purposive sampling was employed on 100 school adolescents including 50 boys and 50 girls. Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlation was conducted to study the correlation between career aspiration, Self-esteem and Academic achievement. Positive Correlation was found between career aspiration, academic achievement and self esteem, Results indicated that high academic achievement is positively correlated with high career aspiration and self esteem. The level of career aspiration is an expected level of achievement of an individual which is positively related to high academic achievement that together enhances the self esteem of school adolescents. The present study provides useful insight towards the relationship among career aspiration, academic achievement and self esteem. So, to some extent it will help in understanding the role of these factors to combat the challenges of education system.