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• Armed-Forces Nursing School Armed-Forces School of Nursing School The present study was undertaken to find the factors affecting academic achievement in a nursing school. 172 students were selected for this study and were divided into higher & lower 12 percent. Tools & measures used for this study were the interest test, personality test, test of self concept, test of adjustment & school achievement. The major findings obtained from this study were as follows; 1. Factors affecting school achievement except intellectuality were thus; 1) Artistic interest, literary interest, scientific interest biological, & scientific interest physical affected the academic achievement. 2) Sociability, responsibity, depression & reflectiveness affected the academic achievement. 3) Self criticism, total positive self-score, & personal self - score affected the academic achievement. 4) Adjustment to school, personal economics, health & value Morality affected the academic achievement. 2. Correlation between school achievement & interest, personality, self-concept or adjustment in the higher & lower group were thus; 1) There was a significant relationship between academic achievement & the following:arti stic interest, scientific interest-biological, scientific interest-physical, out-door interest, reflectiveness, sociability, responsibility. depression, self satisfaction-score, personal self score, social self-score, self behavior score, adjustment to school, health & values morality in the higher group. 2) There were no significant factors rekted with academic achievement in the lower group. 3. Difference or difference in relationship between higher & lower group in the interest,per sonality, self-concept & adjustment were as follows. ;

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