A Comparative Study of Personality Pattern and Aspiration level of High Academic Achievers and Low Academic Achievers of Senior Secondary Students of District Dehradun

Abstract

newline The present study was undertaken to compare the similarities and differences in the personality pattern and Aspiration Level of high and low academic achievers of government schools and non-government schools. The data was collected from a sample of 600 senior secondary school students (300 high achievers and 300 low achievers of government schools and non-government schools) which were selected by stratified random technique from different schools located in Dehradun. To measure the various levels of aspiration of Senior Secondary students from district Dehradun the researcher has administered the level of Aspiration Test (based on Underwood s method), designed by Dr. H.M Singh, Psychology Dept., R.B.S College Agra and Dr. Goving Tiwari Psychology Dept., Agra College, Agra to both the group. To study the personality pattern Personality inventory: Dimensional personality inventory by Dr. Mahesh Bhargava was administered to both the groups. High and low Academic Achievers were selected on the basis of marks obtained in the school examination. The descriptive survey method was used for data collection. Data were analyzed by using means, standard deviations, and t-test. Results revealed that though the significant difference was found in some dimensions of personality, on the whole, there was no significant difference found between the Personality pattern and Aspiration of high academic achievers and low academic achievers of govt. and non-govt. schools. newline newlineKeywords: Personality pattern, Aspiration Level, High academic achievers, and Low academic achievers. newline