SELF CONCEPT (SCQ)

AIM
The aim of the practical is to explore individual’s perception about his/her characteristics and
abilities about himself/ herself in different aspects of self.

INTRODUCTION
All persons are not equal. Every person has some characteristics with differentiate him/her from
others. These characteristics form the basis of different nature of persons.
Self- concept is a dominant element in personality pattern, therefore the measure of self-concept
becomes essential. Self- concept has been referred by Louce as one’s attitude towards self.
Paderson defines self as an organized configuration of perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and values
which the individual views as a part of characteristics of him. Saraswat and Gaur (1981)
describes self-concept as ‘the self-concept is the individual’s way of looking at himself. It also
signifies his way of thinking, feeling and behaving”.
Adolescence is a period of life with its own particular characteristics of himself and problems of
life. An attempt has been made in this questionnaire to provide the different concept of self-
concept.

Self Concept Questionnaire

The self-concept inventory provides six different concept of self-concept:
Physical: Individual’s view their body, health, physical appearance and strength.
Social: Individual’s sense of worth in social interactions.
Temperament: Individual’s view of their prevailing emotional state.
Educational: Individual’s view of their prevailing emotional state in relation to school, teachers
and extra-curricular activities.
Moral: Individual’s estimation of their moral work, i.e., what is right and wrong activity.
Intellectual: Individual’s awareness of their intelligence and capabilities of problem solving and
judgments.
Each dimension contains eight items.
Further, the test also gives a total self-concept score.

Self-Concept Code No. Item No.

Dimensions
Physical A 2, 3, 9, 20, 22, 27, 29, 31
Social B 1, 8, 21, 37, 40, 43, 46, 48
Educational C 4,10, 14, 16, 19, 23, 24, 28
Temperamental D 5, 13, 15, 17, 25, 26, 30, 32
Moral E 6, 35, 34, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47
Intellectual F 7, 11, 12, 18, 33, 36, 38, 39

SUBJECT INFORMATION
Name-
Age-
Sex-
Educational Qualification-
MATEIAL REQUIRED
1. Self-concept questionnaire form.
2. Pencil and eraser
3. Key
4. Manual for SCQ

INSTRUCTIONS
Following instructions have to be given to the subject:
 This is a self-concept inventory. It has 48 items in it. Against each item there are five
responses which are to be read carefully and respond to it by marking a tick on any one of
the five responses, which goes describing you well. There is no right or wrong answer.
The right answer is only what you feel about yourself.
 Give responses according to what you feel about yourself with reference to that
statement. Your answers will be kept confidential.
 There is no time limit for answering the items. Be calm and natural. Answer as honestly
as possible.

PROCEDURE
 Rapport formation is done with the subject and made comfortable so that he/she can act
naturally. The subject is ensured that the results would remain confidential.
 The subject is given all the necessary details and instructions thoroughly.
 After the conduction of the test, the subject is thanked for their time and cooperation.
 Scoring and assessment of the answer sheet is done.
 Results are interpreted and shared with the subject (along with suggestions, if any).

RELIABILITY
Reliability of the inventory was found by test-retest method and it was found to be .91 for the
total self-concept measure. Reliability coefficients of its six various dimensions varies from .67
to .88

RESULT AND CONCLUSION

The following table represents the scores of the subject on different dimensions of self-concept
along with its description.
Code Self-Concept Dimensions Score Interpretation
No.
A Physical
B Social
C Educational
D Temperamental
E Moral
F Intellectual
Total

From the above table, it can be concluded that:

 Factor A: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Physical indicating _______ self-
concept. It implies that________.
  Factor B: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Social indicating _______ self-
concept. It implies that __________
 Factor C: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Temperamental indicating _______
self-concept. It implies that __________
 Factor D: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Educational indicating _______
self-concept. It implies that __________
 Factor E: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Moral indicating _______ self-
concept. It implies that __________
 Factor F: The subject scored ___ on the dimension of Intellectual indicating _______
self-concept.
 Overall total self-concept score is ______ indicating _________ self-concept. It implies
that __________

PRECAUTIONS
1. Environmental factors must be controlled. For ex- the environment around the subject
must be calm.
2. The subject must be comfortable and should understand each question properly that
he/she ticks right response.
3. Try not to pressurize the subject and give him/her about 20-30 minutes to fill the
questionnaire.