Personality Traits and their Impact on the Academic Achievement of Children of Working and Non-working Mothers

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the impact of academic achievement of children of working and non-working mothers in relation with introvert and extrovert personality traits. One hundred eighty senior secondary students were selected from Government and Non-Government Schools. Thirty students from each school were selected on the basis of working and non-working mothers’ children. The personality inventory developed by Dr. Yashvir Singh, and Dr. Har Mohan Singh, from Agra, India was used. Correlation & ‘t’ test were used for statistical analysis. To determine the significance between the means of two groups t-test values were computed. Two levels of significance 0.05 and 0.01 were used. The result of the study showed there is no significant relationship between the extroversion personality trait and academic achievement of male children whereas there is no significant relationship found between the introversion personality trait and academic achievement of male children while it is found that there is a significant difference between the academic achievement of children of working and non-working mothers. In to the progressive and competitive world characterised by more exposure to the children might be responsible for such indifferences while the mothers’ employment may not affect the academic performance of the children.