Study of self-concept of tribal and non-tribal adolescents

Pages: 105-106
Neha Parihar (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India)
Meeta Jha (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India)

This study was designed to examine the role of culture in self-concept of adolescents. The sample of this study included 200 tribal subjects in which 100 male and 100 female, both are students of XI class, and 200 non-tribal students in which 100 male and 100 female of XI class are included. Subjects, 400 in number were administered Swatva Bodh Parikshan developed by Sherry, Verma and Goswami. T-test was used for the data analysis. Results revealed that culture affect the self-concept of adolescents; it produces significant variance in self-concept. Results of this study demonstrated that non-tribal students showed higher mean scores on total scores of self-concept in comparison to tribal subjects.