A Study of the Problems of Adolescents of Higher Secondary Course in Relation to Academic Achievement and Some Selected Psychological Variables

The present study explored the extent to which the Emotional Maturity and Parental Encouragement have the relation with academic achievement among higher secondary course students. The descriptive survey research me thod was used for the study. In the present study sample of 1000 adolescents ( 385 boys and 615 girls ) were taken by using proposanate stratified random sampling technique. An Emotional Maturity and a Parental Encouragement scales developed by the investigator on 2011 were used for data collection. Moreover for academic achievement Marks obtained in the 10 th class of State board and Matriculation board for assessing the ach ievement of adolescents. The findings of the study revealed that: (i) there is a signific ant relationship between the emotional maturity and academic achievement of adolescent students; (ii) there is a significant relationship between the parental encouragement and academic achievement of adolescent students.