چکیده (انگلیسی):

The present article was undertaken to study six dimensions of self-concept and their relationship with
academic achievement and to see the difference between boys and girls as well as urban and rural school going
adolescents. The sample comprised 495 students reading in class X in West Bengal Government affiliated schools.
Out of them, there were 255 boys, 240 girls, 248 urban and 247 rural adolescents. Self-Concept Questionnaire
(Saraswat, 1999) was used for the evaluation of self-concept. Detailed mark sheets of all the students chosen in the
sample who appeared in the secondary examination were collected from the West Bengal Board of Secondary
Education. The marks obtained in this examination by the students were considered as the academic achievement
score. Gender difference was found in physical, educational, intellectual and total self concept. Differences in case
of physical and temperamental self concept were explored between urban and rural students. Moreover, the study
reveals the importance of intellectual self concept to academic achievement.