Role of Self Esteem & Self Efficacy in Achievement Motivation among College Students

The main objective of the study is to find the correlation between self esteem, self efficacy and achievement motivation among college students. For this purpose, data from 400 students of four different colleges of Lucknow were taken. Among the colleges, two colleges were from the private sector, whereas two were government colleges. 200 students from B.Tech Courses and 200 students from B.A, BSc. and B.Com were selected for data collection. Three tests were administered, General Self Efficacy Scale to measure self efficacy, Rosenberg self esteem scale to measure self esteem and Achievement Motivation Scale by Dr. Asha Mohan and Prof. Pratibha Deo were used. Results indicate a strong correlation between students self efficacy and self esteem. A weak, yet positive correlation was also found between self efficacy, self-esteem and achievement motivation.