Achievement motivation and positive mental health among high school students

The present study is aimed to understand the gender difference in the level of achievement motivation and positive mental health among high school students and to identify the relationship between achievement motivation and positive mental health among high school students. The study is adopted sample survey design. A purposive sample of 120 high school students between 13-16 years of age is selected for the study. Achievement Motivation Scale by Prof. Pratibha Deo and Dr. Asha Mohan, and Positive Mental Health Scale by Dr. C D Agashe& Dr. R D Helode are used in the study. The result is analyzed using independent sample t-test and Pearson coefficient of correlation. The result indicated that there is a significant gender difference in the level of achievement motivation and there is no significant gender difference in the level of positive mental health among high school students. Relationship between achievement motivation and positive mental health is not significant among high school students.