title: Cross-sectional analysis of psychological aspects of adolescent underachievers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous research supports that factors commonly associated with underachievement include low academic self-concept, low self-efficacy, low self-motivation, low goal valuation and negative attitude toward school and teachers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the feeling about reading of adolescent underachievers, including emotional difficulties, physical problem (usually eye dysfunction), mechanism of reading, self-concept, and interest in reading.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-eight underachievers were compared with 40 achievers from 6 to 10 standard students on "My feeling about reading" checklist. Hypotheses were tested using t-test and χ(2) (chi-square) test through statistical package for the social sciences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The result suggests that underachievers significantly differ from achievers in all five domains, i.e. emotional difficulties, physical problems (usually eye dysfunction), mechanism of reading, self-concept, and interest in learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Underachievers face different emotional and other psychological difficulties during their academic sessions. They must be taken care of properly within their academic environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Masroor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jahan