ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 12

Importance of self concept development in adolescent students

  • Author:
  • Farida Shahin
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 143 to 146

Ph.D Scholar, IASE, Jamia Millia, Islamia

Online published on 27 January, 2015.

Abstract

The present study is related to the importance of self concept development for the students especially for adolescents. Adolescence is a period of life which has some particular characteristics and phase of stress and strain which effects the development of self before adulthood. Therefore, it becomes necessary to explore the need of self concept development as it is the foundation of their life ahead. Self concept gives the consistency to the personality of an individual and makes them think, behave, feel positively or negatively. In this paper the investigator is trying to stress the need and importance of self concept development in students during adolescence stage and the various techniques to develop the same by the teachers.

Keywords

Self concept, importance, adolescence, techniques, teacher