THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDY HABITS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG NURSING STUDENTS

Abstract

A descriptive study conducted to assess the relationship between study habits and academic achievements among the nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Navi Mumbai. In this study 152 undergraduate nursing students from third year B.Sc. nursing were selected by using non probability convenient sampling method. Data was collected by using M. N. Palsane Study Habit Inventory (PSSHI) tool. Analysis of the data shows that there is weak positive relation between study habits and academic achievement among nursing student (r = +0.294) There is a association of academic achievement with few selected demographic variables such as mother’s education, travelling time from home to college and back and mode of traveling as their p value is less than 0.05 level of significance.