Birth Order Personality and Academic Achievement Motivation Among Addis Ababa University
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study is attempted to examine the effects of birth order on academic achievement motivation
and personality. There has been a great debate among researchers regarding this area of concern.
It is also one of the least researched areas in Ethiopian context; hence, it gave inspiration for the
researcher to investigate the effects of birth order on academic achievement motivation and
personality of Addis Ababa University Social Science College Students. The specific objectives of
this study were to investigate the effects of birth order on academic achievement motivation and
personality, to examine whether a relationship exist between personality and academic
achievement motivation and to investigate whether gender difference exist in academic
achievement motivation .To conduct the study, Survey research design was employed on 160
participants (104 male and 56 female) students from Social Science College took part in the study.
A self report questionnaire with items background information and adopted tests that help to
measure academic achievement motivation and personality was used. The reliability of the
academic achievement motivation and personality were 0.723 and 0.871 respectively. Kruskal
Wallis test,Man- Whitney U test and Spearman rho were employed to analyze the data. Results
shows that birth order did not have statistically significant effect both on academic achievement
motivation and personality. But there is a statistically significant relationship between personality
and academic achievement motivation. Eventually, the researcher concludes that birth order does
not have a significant effect both on academic achievement motivation and personality. There are
many factors which may influence academic achievement motivation and personality of
individuals there for, further comprehensive study is recommended
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Psychology