Self-Esteem, Locus of Control and Academic Achievement among Adolescents

Prangya Paramita Priyadarshini Das¹ , Puspita Pattanaik²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.2 , Issue.2 , pp.1-5, Feb-2016

Online published on Feb 19, 2016

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Abstract :
There is a large body of empirical research on self-esteem, locus of control and academic achievement and how these factors affect a student’s academic achievement. Study is based on the idea that self-esteem and locus control very likely to affect the academic achievement of adolescents. The aim of the present study was to study the role of self-esteem and locus of control on academic achievement of adolescents. Considering this view the data was collected from 120 adolescents from both the sexes. Self-esteem scale and locus of control scale were used to measure academic achievement. 2X2 ANOVA was used for statistical analysis of data. It was found that self-esteem and locus of control both have significant effect on the academic achievement of adolescents.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Adolescents

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