Home Environment as A Function of Self-Concept among Children of Working Women and Housewives

The main purpose of this research was to determine the home environment as a function of self concept among children of working and non working women. The sample was comprised of 200 children with age range from 13 to 18 years. Out of 200 samples, 100 children were of working and 100 were of non working mothers. Home environment scale developed by Jawa and child self-concept scale developed by Ahluwalia was used to collected the data. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by regression analysis. Results of the present study revealed that there were significant differences among children of working women and non working women. It means those children who have good home environment also have favorable self concept and those children who have a bad home environment they have unfavorable self concept. When both the groups of children were compared on over all home environments it was found that non working women's children have good home environment and favorable self concept as compared to working women's children.