LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Relationship between Self-Concept and Depressive Tendencies among Adolescents at Matriculation Level

Ayesha Dad Khan, Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, Mumtaz Fatima Jaffery, Ph.D., and Naeemullah Bajwa, Ph.D.

Abstract

The present study was aimed at investigating the relationship between self-concept and depressive tendencies among adolescents at matriculation level. It was hypothesized that adolescent boys have a positive self-concept as compared to adolescent girls. The second hypothesis was that girls are more depressed as compared to boys. Another hypothesis was that boys display more disruptive behavior as compared to girls. It was also hypothesized that there exists an inverse relationship between self-concept and depressive tendencies among adolescents at matriculation level.

To test these hypotheses, “Beck Youth Inventories for Children and Adolescents” (second edition) were used. This inventory was procured by Centre for Psychological Research (CPR) at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.

The sample of this research comprised of fifty boys and fifty girls (adolescents) from ten Government schools of Rawalpindi city. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select the sample. Data were analyzed through SPSS. The findings revealed that there were no significant difference between boys and girls on Self-concept, Depression and Disruptive Behavior scales. Hence the data does not support the hypotheses regarding gender differences in self-concept; depression and disruptive behavior were rejected. However, the hypothesis regarding an inverse relationship between self-concept and depressive tendencies was accepted.

So, there exists a significant inverse relationship between self-concept and depression while the inverse relationship between self-concept and disruptive behavior was not significant. Results gleaned from the study could potentially be used by educational institutions, school counselors, administrators, psychologists, teachers, parents, adolescents’ themselves and community members at large toward the development and implementation of programs and practices that can effectively identify, address and work toward the resolution of the concerns, issues and depressive disorders faced by the adolescents. These programs will assist and facilitate adolescents’ (girls and boys) for developing a balanced personality into adulthood.

Key Words: Self Concept, depressive, tendencies, adolescents

Introduction

The end of nineteenth century and early part of twentieth century represented an important period in the invention of the concept we now call “Adolescence”. Historians label G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) the father of scientific study of adolescence. According to Hall, adolescence is the period from twelve to twenty three years of age and is filled with “Storm and Stress”. In Hall’s view, adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings. Adolescence is the period that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood (Santrock, 2001).

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Ayesha Dad Khan
M.Phil Student at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
ambitious_khan1986@yahoo.com

Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar
Lecturer, Federal College of Education,H-9, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Mumtaz Fatima Jaffery, Ph.D.
Professor, Comsat Institute of Information Technology,Islamabad,Pakistan
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Naeemullah Bajwa, Ph.D.
Principal, Education Department,Government of Punjab,Pakistan
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