Family Structure, Residential Background and Adjustment of the Students of Rajshahi University as Related to their Achievement Motivation

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate whether achievement motivation (of Rajshahi University students) was related to their family structure, residential background and adjustment. Two psychological tests--­the adapted Bengali version of the Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI; Frank; 1986) and the Achievement Motivation Scale (AMS; Afsaruddin, 1987) were administered on a sample of 300 students of 1st year Honours of Rajshahi University. They were divided into 4 groups such as (I) nuclear family and joint family groups; (2) rural and urban groups; (3) high and low adjusted groups and (4) the male and the female subject groups……………………