Objectives of the study : 1) To find out the correlation between self concept and school anxiety among Iranian and Indian students. 2) To compare the levels of self-concept and school anxiety across gender and cultures. 3) To compare and analyze the variables like; test anxiety, lack of self- confidence, fear of self expression and psycho-physiological reactions, in relation to school anxiety across gender and cultures. 4) To compare and analyze the variables like; behavioural problems, intellectual ability and school status, physical appearance and attributes, anxiety, popularity, happiness and satisfaction in relation to self-concept across gender and cultures.

Hypotheses of the Study: a) There will be no significant relationship between school anxiety and self concept. b) There will be no significant differences on self-concept between Iranian and Indian students. c) There will be no significant differences on school anxiety between Iranian and Indian students. d) There will be no significant gender differences on self-concept among Indian students. e) There will be no significant gender differences on self-concept among Iranian students. f)  There will be no significant gender differences on school anxiety among Indian students. g) There will be no significant gender differences on school anxiety among Iranian students.

All students of 8th Standard in the English Medium Schools in Pune city in India, and all students of 8th Standard in the General Secondary Schools in Varamin city in Iran during the academic year 2003-04 constituted the population for the study. A sample of 1200 students, 600 ( 300 boys & 300 girls) from Pune and Varamin, each, has been drawn through multi-stage sampling employing random selection technique. 

The Self-Concept Scale developed by Piers-Harris (1964), and the School Anxiety Scale developed by Phillips (1987) have been selected and utilized by the investigator for the study. 

Pearson Product Moment Method, ‘t’ test and Multivariate Analysis of Variance have been appropriately used for data analysis.

The study has arrived at quite meaningful findings as follows: 1. In Indian Students (Boys and Girls), school anxiety was found significantly negatively correlated with self-concept. Girls were higher on school anxiety than boys. There was no significant difference between boys and girls on self- concept. 2. In Indian Students (Boys and Girls) on school anxiety factors, girls were higher on test anxiety, fear of expression and psycho-physical reactions than boys. But girls were lower on lack of confidence than boys. 3. In Indian Students (Boys and Girls) on self-concept, there were no significant differences between boys and girls on behavior, intellectual and social status, physical appearance and attributes, anxiety, popularity, happiness and satisfaction. 4. Among Iranian students both boys and girls, school anxiety significantly was negatively correlated with self-concept. Girls were higher on school anxiety than boys and there was no significant difference between girls and boys on self- concept. 5. Among Iranian students, both boys and girls on school anxiety factors, girls were higher on test anxiety, fear of expression, psycho-physical reactions than boys. But they were lower on lack of confidence than boys. 6. Among Iranian students, both boys and girls on self-concept factors, there was no significant difference between them on the behaviour, intellectual and social status, physical appearance and attributes, popularity. But boys were higher on anxiety than girls, and girls were higher on happiness and satisfaction than boys. 7. School anxiety was negatively correlated with self-concept in all the samples ( Boys and Girls) from India and Iran. 8. Overall results of these two countries showed that, girls were higher on school anxiety than boys and there was no significant difference between girls and boys on self concept. 9. Overall results showed that, there was no significant between Iranian and Indian students on school anxiety. Iranian students were found to have higher self concept than Indian students. 10. Overall results on school anxiety ( across gender) showed, girls were higher on test anxiety, fear of expression, psycho-physical reactions than boys, but they were lower on lack of confidence than boys. 11. Overall results on school anxiety (across nations) showed that Iranian students were higher on test anxiety and lack of confidence than Indian students. Indian students were higher on fear of expression than Iranian students. But there was no significant difference between Indian and Iranian students on psycho-physical reactions. 12. Overall results on self-concept ( across gender) showed, there were no significant differences between boys and girls on the behaviour, intellectual and school status, and physical appearance. But boys were higher on anxiety than girls; girls were higher on popularity, happiness and satisfaction than boys. 13. Overall results on self-concept (across nations) showed, Iranian students were higher on behaviour, intellectual and school status, physical appearance and attributes, than Indian students. But Indian students were higher on anxiety than Iranian students. There were no significant differences between Indian and Iranian students on popularity, happiness and satisfaction.