The present study was conducted to explore the relationship of self-esteem destitute and non-destitute women (N = 60). Urdu translation of Self-Esteem Scale (Hudson, 1982), comprised of 25 items, was used to measure self-esteem. It was hypothesized that self-esteem of the destitute women will be lower than non-destitute women. Results indicated that destitute women have lower self-esteem than non-destitute women. Results regarding education indicate that in over all groups, women whose education is up to matriculation have lower self-esteem than those whose education is greater than matriculation. Another demographic which marital status, no differences have been resulted in overall sample of married and unmarried women on Self-esteem Scale. Another demographic was age on Self-Esteem Scale adolescents have low-esteem than the adults in overall sample.
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.