Page No.71-76
Upma Dhillon and Rajinder Kaur
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
The present investigation has been undertaken to study career maturity among
the students of public and government schools. A dense sample of 500 high
school students were the subjects of this study (250 males and 250 females).
The Crites’ career maturity inventory (CMI), self concept scale (SCS),
achievement motivation test (ACMT), and Lumpkin’s locus of control scale (LOC)
were administered to the students to study the relationship between career
maturity and self concept, achievement motivation and locus of control. On
comparison of public and government schools, the results clearly indicate that
the students of public schools possess a higher career maturity attitude (CMA),
career maturity competence (CMC), as well as self concept and achievement
motivation. Significant relationships have also been obtained between CMA and
CMC, internal LOC and ACMT in case of boys in public schools and between
CMA, ACMT and SCS in case of girls in public schools. On the other hand
significant relationship has been found between CMA and external locus of
control, achievement motivation and self concept in case of boys in government
school and between CMC and achievement motivation in case of girls in
government schools.