Page No.295-302
Manju Mehta, Prachi Maheshwari and V.Vineeth kumar
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
The raison d’etre of the study is to unravel and make a comparative study of the
personality patterns of SC, ST and non–backward higher secondary boys. The
prolonged social discrimination has produced an adverse impact on the
development of the personality of these downtrodden, which is a severe stumbling
block in providing ‘social justice’ and ‘social equality’ to the masses. By making
a comparative study, the differences in personality patterns between backward
and non-backward classes can be highlighted which will enable us to understand
and eliminate not only the economical but also the educational, social and
political backwardness of the society as a whole. For the study, on a sample of
600 rural and urban male students of XI standard from Jaipur district belonging
to SC, ST & non-backward classes , the Cattell’s High School Personality
Questionnaire (HSPQ), Form A by Kapoor, Srivastava and Srivastava was
administered . Results revealed significant differences in personality patterns
among SC ,ST and non-backward boys. These differences were more prominent
in rural areas in comparison to urban areas