Family Environment of Higher Secondary School Students in Relation to Academic Achievement With Reference to Family Related Variables

Family environment involves both the socio-psychological and physical dimensions and both exercise reciprocal effect on each other.The main objectives of the present study are to find out the family environment among higher secondary school students; and find out the relationship between family environment and academic achievement among higher secondary school students.The population for the present study has been identified as the higher secondary school students who are studying in various types of schools in Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu state.Using simple random procedure from the list of schools the researcher collected 600 higher secondary school students from Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu state.Differential study regarding family environment shows that significant differences are found among the sub groups of father's educational qualification, fathers' occupation, mothers' educational qualification, mothers' occupation, and family annual income.One of the significant findings of the study is the family environment is positively correlated with academic achievement of higher secondary school students.Further studies can be carried out through replication of a similar study to other states in India to have a broader scope in terms of generalization of the study findings.