Effect of Social Background on Personality Development of High School Students

Social background is indispensable to effect the overall development of children and helps to provide a varied environment during upbringing. The environment in which the child is raised play an important role. This study aims to investigate the influence of social background on the average personality index of (API) of high school students of Bhopal city. Seven personality traits have been taken into account and the strength of each trait has been worked out through personal interaction with individual respondents. Subsequently, based on the score values of these seven personality traits an Average Personality Index (API) of each respondent has been calculated. Similarly, the average personality index of all the 300 selected students was also calculated and influence of the social background on API was established through statistical analysis using SAS 9.3 software. School environment and family income plays a vital role in personality development of students.