A STUDY OF THE SELF CONCEPT AMONG COLLEGE TEACHERS OF MUMBAI

Self-concept denotes self-awareness of the individual. Self-concept is best conceived as a system of attitudes towards oneself. It enables the individual to think, perceive and evaluate in a way unique to themselves. Baumeister (1999) defines self-concept as, “The individual's belief about himself or herself, including the person's attributes and who and what the self is". Lewis (1990) suggested that the development of a self-concept of self has two aspects: A) The Existential Self and B) The Categorical Self. Carl Rogers (1959) proposed that the self-concept has three different components: A) The view you have of yourself (self-image), B) How much value you place on yourself (self-esteem or self-worth) and C) What you wish you were really like (ideal-self).