Title: Enhancement of Self-Esteem in At-Risk Elementary Students
Abstract: Abstract Currently educators are focusing on the importance of enhancing self-esteem in the total development of healthy children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a self-development program, and relaxation/imagery training on the self-esteem of intact classes of economically at-risk fourth-grade students. Subjects were pre- and posttested on the Perceived Competence Scale for Children (Harter, 1985). Two groups received 32 sessions of treatment by classroom teachers, while a third group served as a no-treatment control group. A Pearson Product Moment Correlation was employed to investigate the relationship among the six self-esteem variables. In the pretest, scholastic competence, social acceptance, athletic competence, physical appearance, and behavioral conduct all correlated at the .05 level of significance with the variable global self-worth. Two experimental variables, group and sex of subjects, were arranged in a 3 × 2 factorial design. A significant main effect for group was found at the .05 level on the total posttest scores. The post-hoc Fisher's LSD Test determined that the DUSO-R group scored higher on total posttest scores of self-esteem than did subjects in the control group. Several interactions and individual self-esteem scores were statistically significant at the .05 level with the DUSO-R and female groups superior to the control and male groups. It was concluded that global self-worth can be used as an indication of general self-esteem and that the DUSO-R program was effective in elevating students' general feelings of self-esteem.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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