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| Published: September 22, 2021

Self Concept Among Adolescent Girls with and Without Siblings

, Keya Chatterjee

M.Sc. Psychology Student, Surana PG Centre, Bengaluru, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.152.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.152

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Self concept is the ability of an individual to perceive their own self.  It is an important aspect of development that influence the thinking pattern, feeling, interacting skills of an individual.  So self concept is an important factor during adolescence which determines the social, emotional and behavioral development of an individual.  There are many factors such as – birth order, gender, demography, family type which effects the development of the self concept.  This study aims to explore the self concept among adolescent girl only children and adolescent girl children with siblings. The data was collected from 60 (30 only children and 30 children with siblings) adolescent girls who are in the age group of 16 to 19 years and literate.  The data was collected by using self concept questionnaire by Robson, 1989 (30 items). The data obtained reveal that there is no significant difference in adolescent girl only children and adolescent girl children with siblings in self concept.

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Keya Chatterjee @ keyachatterjee69@gmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.152.20210903

10.25215/0903.152

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021