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| Published: March 25, 2016
A Comprehensive View of Self-Concept and Its Effect With Respect To Self-Mutilation among the Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Adolescents
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Yuvakshetra College, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Professor, Dept. Of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.172/20160302
DOI: 10.25215/0302.172
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to synthesize information from existing literatures on measures of the self-concept among institutionalized and non-institutionalized adolescents with respect to self-mutilation. As for an adolescent is concerned, it is important to develop a positive self-concept and high self-esteem in order to enhance a healthier personality. So the main objectives and focus of this study is to monitor the self-worth of adolescent students and help improve one’s self-concept and thus to develop a sense of healthy personality as an autonomous individual. 985 adolescent students, Kerala, India formed the sample for the study. The Self-Concept Questionnaire ((Kagen, Moore, & Bredekamp, 1995)) and Self-Harm Inventory (Randy A. Sansone, and Lori A. Sansone1998), were used. 2x2x2 factorial ANOVA, Regression Analysis and Correlation technique were used to analyse the data. The findings showed that the levels of self-concept seem to influence the levels of self-mutilating behaviour among the adolescent students.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2016 I J Anthony, J Raj
Received: February 12, 2016; Revision Received: March 01, 2016; Accepted: March 25, 2016
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.172/20160302
10.25215/0302.172
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 2, January-March, 2016