A study of self- concept in relation to ego-strength of partially sighted and blind students

Abstract

The Objective of the study was to measure the relationship between the self-concept and ego strength of blind and partially sighted students. For this purpose, the investigator selected 40 Blind Students and 40 partially sighted students from Lucknow (UP). Two kinds of tools, namely self-concept scale (Ahluwalia) and ego-strength scale (Hasan) were used. The collected data were processed by applying suitable statistical techniques ‘r’ and ‘t’ test. ’r’ used to find out the relationship between self-concept and ego strength and ‘t’ test used to measure the differences between self-concept and ego-strength of blind and partially sighted students. The result of the study reveals that the relationship between self-concept and ego strength was positive and there was significant difference among the Blind Students and partially sighted students in relation to their self-concept and ego-strength.