Differences in Self Concept of Adolescents from Urban and Rural Haryana

Abstract

In simplest words, self- concept is a person’s idea of himself, how he sees himself. Self-concept is related to many different
aspects of life as it is determined by many factors and in turn determines many factors. The present experiment was conducted in
Haryana state to study the differences between self-concept of rural and urban adolescents. A total number of 100 adolescents, 50
from urban and 50 from rural areas, were assessed for their self-concept using Children’s Self Concept Scale devised by S.P.
Ahluwalia (1980). Results showed that thirty two percent of total respondents were first born. More than half of the respondents
came from medium sized, nuclear families. Majority (72%) of rural adolescents were having good self-concept as compared to
56% of their urban counterparts. There were no significant differences in self-concept of rural and urban adolescents except for
Intellectual and School Status aspect where the mean scores were 11.6 ± 2.14 and 10.3 ± 2.33 respectively for rural and urban
adolescents and the calculated ‘t’ value was 2.788*. It can be concluded that rural adolescents have a better self-concept than
their urban counterparts.