A comparative study of hosteler and Non hosteler students on Self-Concept

     

       A Comparative Study of Hosteler and Non-

Hosteler Students on Self-Concept

   Vice-principal, MasterMind College of   education, Gehri Butter, Bathinda, India

Abstract: The present study is designed to explore impact of social environment on school students and to find out 

the positive or negative effect of home environment on self-concept of school students consisting of a sample of 200 

school students (100 male students and 100 female students, further 100 students hostelers and 100 non-hostelers )

were selected through simple random sampling technique. “Self-Concept Questionnaire” by Dr. R.K. Saraswat 

was used for assessing self-concept of subjects under investigation. This was comparative study of hostelers and 

non-hostelers and of gender differences.

Keywords: hostelers, non-hosteler students, social environment.

1. INTRODUCTION

Hostel is a place where students stay away from home in the institution. A hostel presents altogether different physical, 

social, psychological and philosophical environment compare to home environment. The students who they stay away 

from their parents in the hostels are known as hostellers. Unlike home the students are deprived of various physical and 

emotional comforts. They have to conforms with norms and values forced by the authorities. Hostel environment varies 

from home environment. Non-hostellers do not stay away from their parents. The students who live in home with their 

parents and come to school or college only for study hours are indentified as non-hostellers. They remain in constant 

touch with their parents and other members of family and relatives and feel more secured and comfortable compare to a 

hosteller students. Thus compare to hosteller subjects their environment is non-deprivational to large extent.

In modern psychology “self” has been related with the individuals identities, „self‟ is a process by means of which the 

organism drives and constructs self products, which when taken together represent the organism‟s interpretation and 

meaning of itself. In this relationship, the organism is entity and self is the process that evolves representation of its own 

entity and it is related with mental behavioral activities. (Horrocks and Jackson, 1972).

In the Dictionary of Education by Good (1973) self-concept is defined as “the individual‟s perception of himself as a 

person, which includes his abilities, appearance, performance in his job and other phases of daily living (Manmeet Kaur).

In modern society there is as increasing awareness that “the proper study of man is man, self-concept is the individual as 

known to the individual” (Morphy, 1974). A person having a favourable self-concept has more chance of developing a 

pleasing personality and get success in all walks of life. Self-concept is considered as the centre-core of personality 

around which his different traits will be organized (Horlock, 1974). Self-concept develops by a process of looking at 

oneself objectively, evaluating his or her capacities and limitations impartially and arriving at a positive or negative about 

him or her. Therefore the correct self-perception leads one to have a correct self-concept.

Self-concept is a dominant element in personality pattern. Self-concept is what one considers one‟self to be. There are 

said to be three components of self-concept viz

(i) Perceptual (physical)

(ii) Conceptual (psychological)