Household Factors that Influence Achievement Motivation of Female and Male Pupils in Kenya
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Date
2015-04
Authors
Kinai, T. K
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Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the influence of selected home environment
and personal factors on achievement motivation of female and male
primary school pupils in Kenya. Data were collected from a sample of 88
class seven pupils selected from three schools. One of the schools was in
rural area, another in a low income neighbourhood and the third was in
a military garrison in the city of Nairobi. The participants responded to
thematic apperception test (TAT) which had 4 pictures to measure their
achievement motivation also known as need for achievement (nAch). It
emerged that there were no significant differences in nAch of pupils from
different schools. Though both boys and girls had almost insufficient
time to study at home, they also did not differ significantly in their levels
of achievement motivation. Further, parents’ education level and the
levels of encouragement given to pupils to study were not significantly
related to the achievement motivation of both female and male pupils.
Other factors not considered in the hypotheses of the study came in to
confound the results. An example is the age of pupils, which was found to
have the highest and only significant relationship with achievement
motivation. There is need to consider a wider sample in future studies
Description
A Research Article in Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice
Keywords
Achievement motivation, nAch, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Internal drive.
Citation
Kinai T.K. (2015). Household factors that influence achievement motivationof female and male pupils in Kenya. Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice, Vol. 1 April 1ISSN 2141 – 274X pp. 1- 16.