Study of Self Concept Emotional Intelligence and Social Awareness of Denominational Private and Government Secondary School Female Students of South Kashmir

Abstract

Self Concept is the vehicle of symbolic behaviour. It is regarded as the most important tool of our thoughts and expressions. Our language which works as an important aspect in individual as well as social progress is too much indebted to our concept. Carl Rogers (1951), spells out some of the properties of self: i) the self develops out of the organisms interaction with the environment; ii) it may intersect the values of other people and perceive them in a distorted fashion; iii) it strives for consistency; iv) the organism behaves in ways that are consistent with the self; v) experiences that are not consistent with the self structure are perceived as threats; vi) the self may change as a result of maturation and learning. Symond (1951), Self Concept is the way or manner in which the individual reacts to himself. Purkey (1988), defines Self Concept as the totality of a complex, organised and dynamic system of learned beliefs, attitudes and opinions that each person holds to be true about his or her personal existence . The importance of Self Concept stems from its notable contribution to personality formation. Self-esteem has to do with social competence, since it influences how the person feels, how or she thinks, learns, values himself or herself, relates to others, and ultimately how he or she behaves (Clark, Clemes and Beans, 2000). Mayer and Salovey (1993), Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one s own and others feelings and to use this information to guide one s thinking and action and promote emotional and intellectual growth. Bar-on (1997), Emotional intelligence is the sum of emotional and social competencies that determine modalities with which a person relates to himself and to others in order to cope with environmental pressure. Emotional intelligence allows thinking newlinecreatively to solve problems. Goleman (1998), believes that Emotional Intelligence is a set of psychological abilities like empathy, communication skills, social and leadership skills that helps to succeed ...