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<p>The present paper aims to assess the self-construal of Indian youths. It further explores the role of various social factors such as gender, religion, type of university attended, type of family, socioeconomic status, and geographic region in shaping individuals’ self-construal. Data were collected from 1,660 Indian youths aged 18 to 30 from the north, south, and eastern parts of India. Data were collected with the help of the Twenty Statement Test (TST, Kuhn and McPartland in Am Sociol Rev 9(1):68–76, 1954), the Family Affluence Scale-II (FAS-II, Currie et al. in Young people’s health in context, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2004), a parental education measure (Jeon et al. in Child Indic Res 6(3):479–492, 2013), and a sociodemographic sheet. We analyzed data with the help of percentages, t-tests, ANOVA, and Tukey HSD multiple comparisons of means. The results revealed that the predominant self-construal of Indian youths is reflective/independent. However, the social/interdependent self still remains critical. Various social factors such as gender, religion, and type of university participants attended have a significant impact on the self-construal of the participants. The participants' type of family, SES, and geographic region&#xa0;did not directly impact their self-construal. The results suggest a need to take a more contextually grounded approach when studying the self-construal of Indians.</p>

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Exploring the Role of Social Factors on the Self-Construal of Indian Youths

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    2025年6月23日

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  • Maria Zafar,
  • Areeba Ahmed,
  • Md Ghazi Shahnawaz,
  • Sayma Jameel,
  • Zuby Hasan,
  • Pragyendu Yaduvanshi,
  • V Vithya,
  • Md Hassan Jafri,
  • Rita Rani Talukdar,
  • Yashpal Jogdand

摘要

The present paper aims to assess the self-construal of Indian youths. It further explores the role of various social factors such as gender, religion, type of university attended, type of family, socioeconomic status, and geographic region in shaping individuals’ self-construal. Data were collected from 1,660 Indian youths aged 18 to 30 from the north, south, and eastern parts of India. Data were collected with the help of the Twenty Statement Test (TST, Kuhn and McPartland in Am Sociol Rev 9(1):68–76, 1954), the Family Affluence Scale-II (FAS-II, Currie et al. in Young people’s health in context, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2004), a parental education measure (Jeon et al. in Child Indic Res 6(3):479–492, 2013), and a sociodemographic sheet. We analyzed data with the help of percentages, t-tests, ANOVA, and Tukey HSD multiple comparisons of means. The results revealed that the predominant self-construal of Indian youths is reflective/independent. However, the social/interdependent self still remains critical. Various social factors such as gender, religion, and type of university participants attended have a significant impact on the self-construal of the participants. The participants' type of family, SES, and geographic region did not directly impact their self-construal. The results suggest a need to take a more contextually grounded approach when studying the self-construal of Indians.