A Comparative study of Hosteler and Non hosteler students on Self-Concept (continuation)

(iii) Attitudinal.
Within the physical component come one‟s own feeling about one‟s appearance, attractiveness etc. within the
psychological component are included one‟s origin, abilities and personality traits, present status and future prospects,
attitudes of self-esteem, pride, beliefs from the core of attitudinal component (Geeta Choubey, 1989).
The above discussion leads us to conclude that self-concept is something perception of one-self about himself or herself i.
e. attributes he or she possesses. In other words an evaluation of one‟s strong and weak points. The strong points which
are virtue of one‟s existence and weak points which motivates one to improve more and more. The strong points are
appreciated (by human environment) and weak points are criticized. Thus the present study includes this variable due to
possible impact of environment around the individual.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
“A comparative study of hosteler and non-hosteler students on adjustment.” Here self-concept is dependent variable on
which effect of independent variable namely hostel and home environment is to investigated.
K-S Test (kolmogrov Smirnov) was applied to ascertain the normal distribution of the scores of whole population on the
self-concept variable in the investigation.
t-ratios were worked out to find out the significance of difference on self-concept of the students.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
1. To compare the self-concept of hosteler and non-hostelers and hostelers subjects.
2. To compare of self-concept of hosteler boys and hostelers girls.
3. To compare of self-concept of non-hosteler boys and non-hostelers girls.
HYPOTHESES:
H1 – There exists no significant difference in the self-concept of hostelers and non-hostelers.
H2 – There exists no significant difference in the self-concept of hosteler boys and hostelers girls.
H3 – There exists no significant difference in the self-concept of non-hosteler boys and non-hostelers girls.
2. DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The present study has been delimited with respect to variable of the study, sample, tools and techniques. The independent
variables of the study are home environment and hostel environment and dependent variable is adjustment. The sample of
the study includes 200 school students consisting of 100 hostelers and 100 non-hostelrs of the same schools from
Bathinda city. “Self-Concept Questionnaire” by Dr. R.K. Saraswat for assessing self-concept of subjects under
investigation. Operational definition of self-concept will comprise of the self-concept dimensions, viz, physical, social,
temperamental, educational, moral and intellectual as taken by Dr. R.K. Saraswat in Self-Concept Questionnaire(SCQ).