Effect of Number of Family Members on the Self-Concept and Altruism of Secondary School India Students

In this study, researcher tried to explore the effect of no. of family members on self-concept and altruism of secondary school Indian students. For this purpose, 100 secondary school students were selected. Self-concept questionnaire prepared by Dr. R.K. Saraswat (2011) and altruism scale prepared by Dr. S.N. Rai and Dr. Sanwat Singh (2004) were used for the collection of data. SPSS-20 was used for the analysis of data. The results showed that the no. of family members effect the self-concept and altruism of the students. The number of family members does not affect the self-concept of the Indian students up to the considerable level. But as the number of family members increases, the level of altruism in students also increases. The increased number of family members of students have shown positive relationship between self-concept and altruism of students. It means that the students belonging from large-size families are more altruistic than the small-size families, but the self-concept remains more or less the same.