Abstract: The study made an in-depth analysis of the relationship between academic motivation and self-concept of higher secondary school students to determine the levels of academic motivation and self-concept and explored the impact of self-concept on academic motivation of the higher secondary school students located in Chanchal Block-I. 500 (Rural 250 + Urban 250) male students five government-aided higher secondary schools were randomly selected as sample for this study who participated in the process of data collection. Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) was used to measure extrinsic and intrinsic academic motivation and the Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ) developed by R. K. Saraswat (1984) was used as a tool for data collection to determine the level of self-concept of the students. The study revealed that the majority of the students had medium level of academic motivation and self-concept and there was no significant difference in the students’ academic motivation and self-concept scores between rural and urban higher secondary male students. It also showed that the correlation between academic motivation and self-concept of the students was significant.

Keywords: Academic motivation, Self-concept, Higher Secondary Male Students

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2025.12626