Kaur Manpreet, Maheshwari S.K, Thapar Satish
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The childhood period is vital because of socialization process by the transmission of attitude, customs, and behavior through the influence of the family and community. The environment of a child can be referred to holistic in various aspects of its influence-physical, social, intellectual, moral, emotional, spiritual and psychological areas.1
Methods: In a exploratory, cross sectional survey, 200 randomly selected (lottery method) students from four conveniently selected schools of district Faridkot, Punjab were assessed by using the socio demographic data sheet and modified self concept scale based on Raj Kumar Saraswat scale. The descriptive statistics, unpaired t test, ANOVA test was used for analysis.
Results: Results showed that about 40% children had high, 51.5% had above average, 7% had average and 1.5% had below average self concept. School health nurse has a pivotal role in maintaining high self concept.
Conclusion: Self concept is as, “specific physical, social, temperamental, educational, moral and intellectual skills, representing child’s self beliefs and self feelings. The findings of the present investigation suggested that most of the children had above average self concept in the study setting. Group counseling techniques can be used to produce favorable self image, skill development and self enhancement among the students. Motivational sessions and personality development lectures can be organized to enhance the motivation of students.
Key Words: Children, Self concept