Self-concept and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of Single Parent Children and Dual Parent Children

The majority of single parents Children with varying abilities often have low self-concept, which leads to a variety of problems and difficulties. Numerous studies show that compared to children from two-parent households, children of single parents have worse self-concept regarding their academic accomplishments. One worrying factor influencing the disturbance in students' academic performance is single parenting. The goal of the current study is to determine how single parenting affects students from single-parent households in terms of how their self-concept develops. Children with single parents and their dual-parent counterparts from all Meghalaya's Garo Hills Districts participated in this study. A purposive sample of one hundred participants was drawn from each of Meghalaya's Garo Hills Districts. Scheduled interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data for the study.