Investigation of Personality Development of Female Students at the Secondary level of Islamabad

Abstract

Due to deficits in their personality development, female students face difficulties related to social life and emotions. The study investigated the problems faced by female students in their personality development at the Secondary level. The research aimed at exploring the social and emotional development of females at the secondary level. The study was conducted to investigate females’ perception of their personality development at the secondary level and to determine the effect of demographic factors on female’s perception regarding personality development at the secondary level. The population of this study comprised females from secondary schools in Islamabad, including 80 secondary students from 04 public schools in sectors E, F, and G and 80 secondary students from 04 private schools in sectors E, F, and G. The stratified random sampling technique was used in this study. According to confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the researcher had taken 160 sample sizes. For the sample within this process, the researcher used a 5:10 ratio. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire consisted of close-ended statements. The questionnaire consists of 16 items and the alpha value (0.597) shows that all the items of the questionnaire were reliable to test. This research was based on Erik Erikson’s theory. The 5-point Likert scale was used to measure respondents' answers in 5 ranges (1= strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3= uncertain, 4= agree 5= strongly agree). The data was analyzed by statistical technique in which descriptive statistics used mean, percentage, and frequency and inferential statistics used was t-test. It was found that the majority of female students at the secondary level were not aware of their problems and they didn’t have any intention to solve such problems because of their personality development.