Perceived family conflict and academic achievement motivation of rural students

To seek the relation of Perceived Family Conflict with Academic Achievement Motivation and the effect of residential area on perceived family conflict and academic achievement motivation of high school students ‘Family Environment Scale’ (Hindi Version) constructed and standardized by Bhatia and Chadha (2015) and ‘Academic Achievement Motivation Test’ (Hindi Version) constructed and standardized by Sharma (2006) were  administered on 200 students of rural (100) and urban (100) areas of Saran district of Bihar. The age range of respondents was from 13 to 15 years. The analysis of data revealed that family conflict reduces academic achievement motivation of both rural and urban students. There was not found significant difference between rural and urban students on perceived family conflict but on academic achievement motivation urban students were found significantly higher than rural students.