Personality among Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to know the personality among higher secondary school students. It also aimed to check personality with reference to gender and type of residency. The Introvert – Extrovert Personality Inventory (IEPI) by Dr. Ashwin Jansari (2013) was used. The sample constituted total 120 higher secondary school students out of which 60 were from boys students (30 urban area and 30 rural area) and 60 from girl students (30 urban area and 30 rural area). The data was collected from Patan City. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) There is no significant difference in the mean score of personality among the boys and girls higher secondary school students. (2) There is significant difference in the mean score of personality among the higher secondary school students of urban and rural area. Therefore it could be said that, the higher secondary school students of rural area group is having high personality than higher secondary school students of urban area group and (3) There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of personality with regards to the gender and type of residency.