Comparative Analyse of Self-concept between the Business College Students and College Students

Objective To investigate the differences of self-concept between the business college students and college students.Methods Tennessee Self Concept Scale(TSCS) was adopted to survey two hundred university students,half starting their business and half not.Results ①The total scores of self concept of those business college students was on the average(40 students,56.3%);②The scores of bussiness students was higher than those of non business ones in several dimensions of self concept.Besides,four items,Moral and Ethics Self(t=-2.056,P0.05),Personal Self(t=0.078,P0.05),Family Self(t=-1.945,P0.05),Self Criticism(t=-2.890,P0.01) were significantly different.③No significant difference in the dimensions between those whose major was Science and Engineer and those whose major was Physical and Art.However,four significant differences of self concept were found in students whose major Literature and History,concerning whether to start business or not,that is,Personal Self(t=2.821,P0.01),Self Criticism(t=3.325,P0.01),Satisfaction Self(t=2.779,P0.05)and Behavior Self(t=2.544,P0.05).And the total average(t=2.629,P0.05) was significantly different;④Gender dimensions were not significant in self concept,only the scores of Self Criticism(t=0.110,P0.05)were higher in male who don't want to start business than those of female.Conclusion Self concept and its sub-dimensions of college students,who start their business and who don't start their business,are different in some way,the former gets the higher scores.factors such as subjects and gender,also influence self concept.