Formation Of Self-Concept Of Early Adolescent Boys And Girls As A Function Of Academic Achievement And Parental Profession

Authors

  • Shahuria Enam Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi
  • Md Shariful Islam Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi
  • Kazi Imrul Kayesh Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v6i0.9728

Keywords:

Early-adolescence, self-concept, academic achievement.

Abstract

The study conducted an empirical investigation on self-concept as related to gender, parental profession and academic achievement among early-adolescent boys and girls in various institutions of Rajshahi city. A total of 160 respondents constituted the sample of the study. A 2×2×2 factorial design involving two levels of gender (boy/girl), two levels of parental profession (service/business) and two levels of academic achievement (high achiever/low achiever) were used. The results showed significantly higher self-concept of girls than boys. In case of academic achievement high achievers expressed significantly more positive self-concept than low achievers. In case of parental service, high achiever boys and high achiever girls expressed significantly more positive self-concept followed by their counterpart low achievers. In case of parental business, it was found that high achiever girls expressed significantly more positive self-concept than low achiever girls. However no significant mean difference was obtained between high achiever boys and low achiever boys in case of parental business. Thus, self-concept of young children was found to be determined by gender, parental profession and academic achievement during early adolescent stage.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jles.v6i0.9728

JLES 2011 6: 97-103

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Enam, S., Islam, M. S., & Kayesh, K. I. (2012). Formation Of Self-Concept Of Early Adolescent Boys And Girls As A Function Of Academic Achievement And Parental Profession. Journal of Life and Earth Science, 6, 97–103. https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v6i0.9728

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Vol. 6 (2011)

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