RELATION BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNDER GRADUATES OF BULANDSHAHAR CITY

Authors

  • Dr Munendra Kumar Proff &Head Education Department Kishan Institute of Teachers Education Meerut

Keywords:

Personality,, Academic Achievement

Abstract

This study aims to determine the significant difference between high and low achievers specific to gender on personality traits factor (A, B, C, and D). A sample of 300 adolescents in the age group of 18-23 years studying in the Professional college of Bulandshahar City are selected as a randomized cluster sample of the study from the population. The results indicate that high achievers are affectothymic than the low achiever; high achieving females are affectothymic than high achieving males, low achieving males and low achieving females. Additionally, the results indicate that high achievers are more intelligent and bright than the low achievers; high achieving females show the highest scholastic capacity than the high achieving males, low achieving males and the low achieving females, it is also indicate that high achievers are more emotionally calm, stable and face reality appropriately than low achievers. But there is no difference between high and low achievers in excitability.

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Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

Kumar, D. M. (2017). RELATION BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNDER GRADUATES OF BULANDSHAHAR CITY. Innovative Research Thoughts, 3(10), 146–151. Retrieved from https://irt.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/284