Shakeel Asif, Asif Kamal, Fahim M, Nadia Naveen, Farah Yousaf.
Exploring Gender Differences in Academic Motivation among Adolescents.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(4):918-22.

Aim. The present study was to explore relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on academic performance. Material & Method: Based on literature review following hypotheses were formulated 1)There will be significant relationship between Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation and A-motivation among adolescents.2). Male and female adolescents will be different in levels of Academic Motivation.3).There will be significant interaction among gender and education with Academic Motivation. Result: A sample of 160 college students (80males and 80 females) was selected from male and female colleges of Mirpur AJK. The age of the participants ranged from 16-20 years (with mean age of 17.56 years). Their educational level was at least intermediate and socioeconomic status was middle and high class. The Academic Motivation Scale was administered to assess academic intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and academic performance was measured through SPSS V 23. In order to interpret the results reliability analysis, Correlation, t-test and were calculated to assess relationship between academic motivation, Extrinsic Motivation and A-motivation among adolescents. Results suggest that male adolescents (M= 55.7, SD= 10) have significantly low rates of Intrinsic Motivation as compared to female adolescents (M= 60.7, SD= 12.1). Similarly, male adolescents (M= 56.3, SD= 10.6) are lower in Extrinsic Motivation as compared to female adolescents (M= 63.9, SD= 12.7). Whereas in A-motivation, male adolescents (M= 15.4, SD= 4.5) rate higher as compared to female adolescents (M= 10.4, SD= 5.1). Conclusion: Findings of the results illustrates that motivation improves academic performance of the students. In addition, there is gender difference in motivation type and academic performance.

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