Analysing level of aspiration among male and female adolescents

Adolescence is the time when individuals are more concerned about their future than any of other developmental phases. For adolescent’s future Aspirations can be conceptualized as the educational and vocational dreams-they have for their future work lives. Level of aspiration refers to where and how for individual set their targets for achievements in social setting. The present study aimed to explore level of aspiration among male and female adolescents. 800 male and female secondary school students were selected by using random sampling technique, with due representation of gender. Level of aspiration scale (LAS) developed by Mahesh Bhargava and M.A. Shah was used for data collection. For generalising the results, the collected data was put to suitable statistical treatment. Mean, SD and ‘t’ value was calculated with the help of SPSS version 2015. The results indicate that the impact of gender seem to be significant on the level of aspiration of the respondents. Male secondary school adolescents were observed with high level of aspiration as compared to female secondary school students.