FAMILY LIFE EXPERIENCES: A FOUNDATION STONE FOR SELF CONCEPT

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between family type and self-concept of adolescents from District Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand. The sample for the present study comprised of randomly selected 319 IX standard adolescents from 21 government intermediate schools of the two districts. Self-structured socio-demographic questionnaire and Self Concept Questionnaire were administered for the present study. Mean values and standard error were calculated and Z-test was used to analyse the data. Results revealed that majority of the respondents, irrespective of their family type, had above average self concept. It was also seen that family type of the respondents’ from both the districts was insignificantly related to their self concept.