SELF-CONCEPT AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN ALIPURDUAR DISTRICT

Abstract

The focus of this study is to examine the correlation between Self-concept and Mental Health of the higher secondary level students in Alipurduar district. In this paper, two standardized test were adopted namely, Self-concept Scale developed by Singh and Singh (1988) and Mental Health Inventory (MHI) developed by Jagdish and Srivastav (1995) to collect the data from four higher secondary schools among which two are rural and two are urban schools. Significant correlation between self-concept and mental health has been found among total students, male and urban students. It also shows that no significant correlation between self-concept and mental health of female and rural students of higher secondary level..