Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 1–7
Muhammad Akram1, Dr. Sarwat Sultan2, and Sohail Ijaz3
1 Lecturer of Psychology, Govt. Postgraduate College Vehari, Pakistan
2 Assistant Professor in Psychology Department, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
3 Lecturer of Psychology, Govt. Degree College Mailsi Vehari, Pakistan
Original language: English
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This study is about Students' Perceived Autonomy Support and its Impact on Achievement Goals. There are two types of achievement goals, mastery and performance goals. The age of participants ranges 20-25 year. This study shows the co relation between the achievement goals and student perceived autonomy support. The sample was consisted of 100,50 male and 50 female participants taken from Bhaud din Zikariya University Multan. Autonomy support and achievement goal scales were administered on participants. Results indicate that there is strong positive co-relation between perceived autonomy support and achievement goal. Female perceive more autonomy support than males. The results indicated that male have more mastery goal than females. Female have more performance goals than male students. Joint family system is also showing the high perceived autonomy support than students of nuclear family system. Students of urban area are also showing the high perceived autonomy support than students of rural area.
Author Keywords: perceived autonomy support, achievement goals.
Muhammad Akram1, Dr. Sarwat Sultan2, and Sohail Ijaz3
1 Lecturer of Psychology, Govt. Postgraduate College Vehari, Pakistan
2 Assistant Professor in Psychology Department, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
3 Lecturer of Psychology, Govt. Degree College Mailsi Vehari, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study is about Students' Perceived Autonomy Support and its Impact on Achievement Goals. There are two types of achievement goals, mastery and performance goals. The age of participants ranges 20-25 year. This study shows the co relation between the achievement goals and student perceived autonomy support. The sample was consisted of 100,50 male and 50 female participants taken from Bhaud din Zikariya University Multan. Autonomy support and achievement goal scales were administered on participants. Results indicate that there is strong positive co-relation between perceived autonomy support and achievement goal. Female perceive more autonomy support than males. The results indicated that male have more mastery goal than females. Female have more performance goals than male students. Joint family system is also showing the high perceived autonomy support than students of nuclear family system. Students of urban area are also showing the high perceived autonomy support than students of rural area.
Author Keywords: perceived autonomy support, achievement goals.
How to Cite this Article
Muhammad Akram, Dr. Sarwat Sultan, and Sohail Ijaz, “Students' Perceived Autonomy Support and its Impact on Achievement Goals,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1–7, June 2014.
