Achievement Motivation in Relation with Self-Efficacy, and Home Environment Among Adolescents During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

During the pandemic, most of the students were confined to their homes. Students, like other people, were affected by the lockdown, particularly adolescents. According to reviews, parental stress and the home environment had an impact on the student’s mental health and academic performance during this time period. The current study seeks to better understand the relationship between achievement motivation, self-efficacy, and home environment among adolescents, as well as the moderating role of home environment in the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement motivation. Using convenient sampling technique 156 high school students from middle-class families were selected and both public and private school students from Kerala were included in the study. General information schedule, Home environment scale (Muthee,2009), Kerala scale of achievement motivation scale (Nair,1976), and General perceived self-efficacy scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem ,1979) were the tools used in this study. The data were analyzed using correlation, partial correlation and t-test and found that there is a positive correlation between self-efficacy, achievement motivation, and home environment among adolescents. Findings of the study indicate that a supportive and positive home environment can improve self-efficacy and achievement motivation among adolescents. Furthermore, lack of self-efficacy is sometimes associated with a poor home environment. Parental education programs to enhance the positive home environment may help to improve self-efficacy and achievement motivation, which influence academic performance of the students.