Research in Medicine

Background: Entering university is a unique period in the youngs' life that may encompass great changes in their individual and social relations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-concept variations of students and its relationship with personal variants.

Methods : In this descriptive study, 111 freshman and 102 senior students were randomly selected from Faculty of Rehabilitation in Shaheed Beheshti University to answer the Roger's self-concept test. Data was analyzed by SPSS software and chi square test.

Results : Of 213 students, 13.1% had positive and 86.9% had negative self-concept. Results revealed that there was no significant association between marital status, age and gender with self-concept. Meanwhile, level of education did not influence self-concept.

Conclusions : The above-mentioned findings suggest further psychological evaluation and adequate counseling services to promote students mental health.