Author: Sana Naseer
Supervisor: Afifa Anjum
Degree: M.Sc
Year: 2013-2015
University: Institute of Applied Psychology, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
The present research was aimed to investigate the relationship between career decision making difficulties, environmental mastery and academic motivation among high school students. It was hypothesized that (i) there would be relationship between career decision difficulties, environmental mastery and academic motivation; (ii) Career decision making difficulties, environmental mastery would be predictor of academic motivation; (iii) There would be association between demographic variables (gender, marks in previous class, mother education, father education, class, student’s mother status working lady and housewife) and study variables; (iv) There would be differences in career decision making difficulties, environmental mastery and academic motivation in students of matric and O-levels. A sample of 120 matric and O-levels students were selected from private and semi-government schools of Lahore using purposive sampling technique. Career Decision Making Difficulties (CDMD, Osipow and gati, 1996), Environmental Mastery Sub- Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989) and Academic Motivation by Center of Inquiry Wabash College were used for assessment. Bivariate correlation analysis, regression analysis and t-test were applied. It was found that there was significant negative relationship between career decision making and academic motivation. There was no relationship between environmental mastery and academic motivation. There was negative relationship between career decision making and environmental mastery. Career decision making was a predictor of academic motivation and environmental mastery was not a predictor of academic motivation. There was a significant relationship between marks in previous class and environmental mastery. There was no relationship between mother, father education and career decision making difficulties and academic motivation. There were significant gender differences among males and females. Further were no gender differences in environmental mastery and academic motivation. There were no significant differences in career decision making difficulties, environmental mastery and academic motivation of metric and O-levels students. There were no differences in career decision making difficulties, environmental mastery and academic motivation of students with working and housewife mothers. This research is important for investigating the factors which faced by the students during career decision making.
Keywords: Career decision difficulties, Environmental Mastery, Academic Motivation.
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