GENDER DIFFERENCE IN SELF CONCEPT OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND SIGHTED STUDENTS OF BARHAMPUR BLOCK OF NAGAON DISTRICT OF ASSAM -A CASE STUDY
Abstract
The research study entitled “Gender Difference in Self Concept of Visually Impaired and Sighted Students of Barhampur Block of Nagaon District of Assam” has been conducted to find out the gender difference in Self Concept of Visually Impaired and Sighted Students of Barhampur Block of Nagaon District of Assam. The researcher had used Dr. Raj Kumar Saraswati’s Self Concept questionnaire obtained from National Psychological Corporation, Agra, India. The scale consists of 48 items of 6 self concept dimensions-physical, social, temperamental, educational, moral and intellectual. As it is s case study, the entire populations were considered as sample. Same number of sighted students were taken as sample. To find out the gender difference of visually impaired and sighted students t-test was implied and found that there existed no gender difference in self concept of visually impaired students and there existed gender difference in self concept of sighted students of Barhampur Block, Nagaon District of Assam.