Study of Academic Achievement in Relation to Family Environment among Adolescents

Rajesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar,Roshan Lal Roshan Lal

doi:10.25215/0201.074

Rajesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar, Roshan Lal Roshan Lal

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https://doi.org/10.25215/0201.074

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Abstract

The adolescent is the real capital of any society and we should protect and preserve it for the betterment of the society and nation. The present study is an attempt towards examine the pattern of relationship between the academic achievement and family environment. The research was carried out of 200 adolescents in the age group of 15 to 18 years. The researchers used academic achievement scores which were the aggregate percentage of marks from the previous two classes, serve as indicators of academic achievement. Moos (1974) Family Environment Scale (FES) was used to study the impact of family on adolescent’s academic success. The academic scores of girls were found better than the boys while boys lead the girls on family environment scores where the t-value was significant at 0.01 levels. There was a clear cut difference between the scores of high and low groups and the t-value was again significant at 0.01 levels. The obtained results indicate that the adolescent experiencing healthy family environments are found to have higher academic achievement in comparison to children belonging to low family environment.

Highlights

Adolescence is viewed as a period of increased diversity of social roles, with expectation from diverse role relationships, some of which may be in conflict
Since few researches in India have attempted to focus on the influence of changing family environment, there is need to study how different family process variables like cognitive stimulation, achievement orientations recreational orientation and home structure, relate to academic achievement of students
It is hypothesized that there exists significant difference in the academic achievement of male and female adolescents

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INTRODUCTION

Adolescence is viewed as a period of increased diversity of social roles, with expectation from diverse role relationships, some of which may be in conflict. All schools of thought, involved in the study of personality are in agreement that child imitates his parents; his acquisition of pictures of social roles and his tendency to act out in later relationship are all associated with his interaction with his parents. Since few researches in India have attempted to focus on the influence of changing family environment, there is need to study how different family process variables like cognitive stimulation, achievement orientations recreational orientation and home structure, relate to academic achievement of students. It can be summed up that home environment including parental encouragement, involvement, parental interest, behaviour, parental aspirations, parenting skills and parenting styles have direct influence on the academic achievement of the students. Educated parents provide conducive home environment that entails parent encouragement that proves to be catalyst in boosting and maintaining achievement motivation among the students that in turn influence their academic achievement

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