A comparative study of personality adjustment and self concept of college students of Pilibhit district

Abstract

Self-concept and adjustment are two important psychological aspects influencing the personalities of individual. The term Self-concept refers to the individual's perception of his abilities and his status and roles in the outer world. Self esteem is another way of viewing Self-concept a person with high self esteem has a positive Self-concept while a person with low self esteem has a negative Self-concept and adjustment helps for self initiated growth and development along intellectual, emotional social, physical and vocational dimensions. It deals with the way an individual adapts to his environment and demand. The Researcher made an attempt to study the Self -concept and existing Personality adjustment problem of the students with respect to gender and types of school. A sample of 50 students urban areas of Pilibhit District were selected by Random sampling technique. The Study revealed that no significant difference was found between boys and girls in Personality adjustment and Self -concept.