Year: 2017 | Month: June | Volume 8 | Special Issue
Self-concept of Elementary School Students in Relation to their Social Competence
Abstract:
The present study aimed at exploring the relationship between self-concept and social competence of elementary school students. The research population was male and female elementary students of Panipat city. The subjects selected through random sampling method including 120 students (60 male and 60 female students). Data was collected by using standardized tools i.e. Social Competence Scale by Shukla & Shukla (1992) and Self-concept Rating Scale by Deo (1998). The results of the study are;
most of the students are having below average level of self-concept, there is no significant difference between the mean scores of self-concept of girls and boys, most of the boys are having average level of social competence but most of the girls are having below average level of social competence but there is no significant difference between their mean scores of social competence. To study the relationship between self-concept and social competence of elementary school students, product moment correlation
was calculated. The result indicates that there is no significant relationship between self-concept and social competence.
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