Studying High School Students Detection Forms of Self Concepts In Terms Of Some Variables

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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the perception forms of selfconcepts of high-school students and related factors.Methods: The study has been approved by the Directorate of National Education in İstanbul and informed consents were taken from attendants and their parents.The descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at a high school in Istanbul.The universe of the study (n=1067) considered also as the study sample.However, 960 students were available at the time of the survey and 949 students accepted to attend at the study.Data were collected by a questionnaire prepared by the researchers according to the preliminary literature and Piers Harris' Self-Concept Scale for Children (PHSCSC).The scale is used to determine the development and dimensions of self-concept and its relationships with the personality and environment.The Chronbach alfa values of the scale were between .81 and .89.Results: The mean age of the students was 15.73±1.39,and 55.5% of them were girls.Of students 71.4% were born in Istanbul, 84.6% have a nuclear family, 96.4% have both parents alive, 39.0% have one sibling and 44.7% were the first child.59.6% of the students' expenses are equal to their incomes, 90.3% do not have a health problem and 58.8% are in a good state of success.A great part of the students participate in decisions at home (82.6%), 56.1% of them describe themselves as impulsive, and 83.7% have never failed in their classes.Gender, family type, number of siblings, birth order, income, parents' status of being alive had not effects on the PHSCSC scores.The self-concepts of students born in İstanbul, participating in decisions at home and having no health problems were higher than others and self-concepts of students increased as their success state increased. Conclusion:The school health nurses should check-up the adolescents regularly, and raise the awareness of the parents in family educations for the issue that democratic family attitudes have a positive influence on adolescents' self-concept.