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Drawings of a man and a woman were obtained from 125 Yoruba school children from middle and low income schools. Comparisons based on over-all shape and proportion of figures, inclusion of and position of body parts, and inclusion of clothes and fine details were made between subjects of middle and low income. Middle-income children drew more realistic figures than low-income children based on all the measured criteria. Findings were related to differences in socialization. Implications for education were also discussed.

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A purpose-built Semantic Differential Scale was administered to 372 adolescents. One hundred and eighteen of them came from middle class homes while two hundred and fifty four came from lower socioeconomic homes. There were two hundred and sixty four boys, and one hundred and eight girls. Their mean age was 16.7 years. The results showed that adolescents from middle class homes had more significantly positive self-concepts than those from lower class homes. The lower class adolescents had more positive self-concepts than their counterparts on only the religious – non-religious scale (p < .001). The observed differences were discussed. It was suggested that concerted effort should be made in homes and schools to enhance the self-concepts of adolescents, particularly those from low socio-economic status groups.

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