INFLUENCE OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON PERSONALITY TRAITS OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT

Abstract

The impact of Home Environment on Personality traits of higher secondary school students was investigated. Home environment and personality traits of students are inseparable. In many ways home environment changes the all-round development of the children. The main objective of the study is to analyse the level of home environment of the students, level of personality traits of the students and to find out the significant difference between personality traits and home environment of higher secondary students of Kanyakumari district. Normative survey method was used. Home environment inventory and Big five inventory were the tools used for collecting the data. Data from 1200 respondents from the higher secondary school plus one and plus two grade students based on sex, location and subject group of study were collected for further study. Mean, standard deviation, t test and F test were used for analysing the data. Results revealed significant difference between home environment and personality traits of higher secondary students.