Published April 30, 2018 | Version 1.0
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Need Structure among Distance Mode Learners in Context of Some Social Correlates

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Commerce, Arts and Science, Patna (PPU)

Description

The present study was conducted on 100 undergraduate respondents belonging to
Distance Education of Patna town. They were selected on the basis of incidental-cumpurposive

sampling technique. The objectives of the study were to examine the influence of
inhabitation, parental involvement, parental education and SES on need for achievement and
level of aspiration among the respondents. It was hypothesized that - There would be
significant influence of (i) urban-rural inhabitation, (ii) parental involvement, (iii) parental
education, and (iv) SES on need for achievement and level of aspiration of the respondents.
For the purpose, Mukherjee's Need for Achievement Scale, Singh's Level of Aspiration Scale,
Akhtar's Parental Involvement Scale, Bhardwaj's SES Scale were used to measure need for
achievement, level of aspiration, parental involvement and SES of distant mode learners.
Besides these, a PDS was used to get other necessary informations about the respondents.
The scales were employed and data were obtained as per directions in the manuals of the
scales. The obtained data were treated using t-test. The results confirmed all the formulated
hypotheses. It was concluded that inhabitation, parental involvement, parental education and
SES all are conducive to motivational correlates (nned structure) under reference.

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2018-04-30

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