Influence of Levels of Self-Esteem and Levels of Achievement Motivation on Academic Achievement Among Students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the effect of levels of self-esteem and levels achievement motivation on academic achievement among the students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai Nigeria. The design for this study is Quasi experimental. The study has a population of 2,210 from where the sample sizes of 333 respondents were drawn comprising 193 males and 140 females. Instruments tagged, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Achievement Motivation Inventory were adapted for data collection. The instruments had, the duo of construct, content and face validities with reliabilities of internal consistency of RSES r=.767, and AMI r=.694 after test-retest. Collected data were analyzed using inferential statistics. Hypothesis 1 was tested usingANOVA, hypothesis 2 and 3 were tested using t-test for independent samples. All the hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance. The study findings revealed a significant difference in academic achievement between students with high, moderate and low levels of self-esteem. There is no significant difference in academic achievement between students with high and moderate levels of achievement motivation. Also, there is no significant male and female difference in academic achievement. In conclusion, a significant difference exists in academic achievement between high, moderate and low self-esteem levels. No significant differences exist on academic achievement between high and moderate levels of achievement motivation, and no significant male and female difference exists among the students respectively. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that Educational psychologists and teachers should design and develop academic programmes that directly promote self esteem level among students. Achievable goals should be set for students by parents and teachers. Both males and females should be assigned challenging tasks to resolve within a definite period.