A Study of Relationship of Self–Concept and Achievement of Students at Higher Education level

Abstract

This research paper is based on a Doctoral study. The aim of the present study was to find out the relationship of self-concept and achievement of students at higher education level. Here, higher education level means university level (Masters Level students only). The total sample of students consisted of 389 students (both male and female) from seven universities (six from the Province of Punjab, Pakistan and one from Federal level, Pakistan). Two research instruments were used namely, Achievement Test in the subject of Education, based on five core courses taught generally at most of the universities of Pakistan with minor variations of titles and content of the courses of M.A Education and a Self-Concept Scale which was an adapted version of SDQ-III constructed by Marsh (1992). For the analysis of data, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test and z-test were used. Results of the study showed positive, weak but significant relationship between self-concept and achievement of students. Correlation of factors (Academic, Social, Physical, Moral, Emotional, Problem Solving and Self-Esteem) of self-concept and achievement was also found to be negligibly correlated with each other. It was concluded that both self-concept and academic achievement complement each other.