Comparative Study of Self Concept of Boys and Girls of Rural Area of Panipat District of Haryana State

Self-concept is the cognitive thinking aspect of the self (related to one’s self image), and it generally refers to the totality of a complex, organized, and dynamic system of learned beliefs, attitudes, and opinions that each person holds to be true about his or her personal existence and where he or she belongs in the world. The main concern of this paper is to study the self concept of boys and girls of rural area. For this purpose the sample was selected from 2 rural schools of Panipat district.  A numbers of 100 students (50 boys and 50 girls) were participated in the study. Random sampling was used in the study. Self Concept rating Scale developed by Deo (1998) was used to collect data. The results revealed that there is no significant relationship between the self concept of boys and girls.