Self- Concept, Emotional Maturity and Acievement Motivation of the Adolescent Children of Employed Mothers and Homemakers

January - July 2007, Vol. 33,

Page No.103-110 Suneetha Hangal and Vijayalaxmi A. Aminabhavi Karnatak University, Dharwad

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Suneetha Hangal and Vijayalaxmi A. Aminabhavi
Karnatak University, Dharwad

The present study assessed the impact of maternal employment on the selfconcept, emotional maturity and achievement motivation of adolescents. The sample
consisted of 75 adolescents of employed mothers and 75 adolescents of
homemakers, studying in 8th and 9th standards in Hubli-Dharwad cities of North
Karnataka. Children’s Self-concept Scale by Ahluwalia, Emotional Maturity Scale
by Singh and Bhargava and Deo-Mohan Achievement Motivation Scales were used
to collect the data. The data were analyzed by ‘t’ test and ANOVA. The results
revealed that the adolescent children of homemakers have significantly higher selfconcept. It was also noticed that children of employed mothers have high emotional
maturity and female children of employed mothers are highly achievement oriented.

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