A STUDY OF SELF CONTROL OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS

The purpose of the paper is to determine the self control of higher secondary students. The sample consists of 300 higher secondary students for the study. The samples were selected by using simple random sample from vellore district, Tamilnadu. The investigator used the statistical techniques, Mean, SD, “t” test and ‘F’ test. Self Control Scale (SCS) was used for measuring the self control as part of decision making process which was developed by Arun Kumar Singh, Ph.D., Alpana Sen Gupta, Ph.D. The results reveal that the higher secondary students irrespective of their gender, locality of institution, type of institution, medium of instruction, religion, community, parental education, birth order and type of family have average level of self control and further it shows that there is insignificant difference between the gender, locality of institution, type of institution, medium of instruction, religion, community, parental education, birth order and type of family have average level of self control towards higher secondary students