Understanding Underachievement in School Children

About the Book :

Providing deep insights into understanding of the nature and magnitude of the problem of under-achievement in school children, this book tries to obtain base-line data regarding the prevalence of academic underachievement in schools. It identifies the factors, psychological and school-related, that contribute to achievement and underachivement. Further finding out underachievers in schools using composite criteria, it emphasizes the need for the services of school psychologists and counsellors. The perspectives of students, their parents and teachers have also been taken into account.

About Author :

Komilla Thapa, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Centre for Advanced Study in Psychology, University of Allahabad. She has trained as a clinical psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore and received her post-qualification training at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. She has conducted workshops for school teachers, worked with disabled children and their families and provides counselling and clinical services.

Meera Verma is a Professor in Psychology at the University of Allahabad. Her area of specialization is developmental psychology and clinical psychology in school settings. Her research papers have been published in various national and international journals of repute. She has authored two books Moral development in children, and Psychology : An introduction to psychological processes.

Chandranshu Sinha, D.Phil. in Psychology from University of Allahabad, is a faculty at Amity Business School, Noida. He has to his credit many research based consultancy assignments, training programmes. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award for the year 1999 conferred by the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP).

Rama Charan Tripathi, Ph.D., is the Director, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad. He obtained his doctoral degree in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1967-68, 1982). His research interests include intergroup relations, influence processes in organizations and human resource development and rural development.