Put Them Together and See How They Learn! Ability Grouping and Acceleration Effects on the Self-Esteem of Academically Gifted High School Students

The purpose of this study is to examine the self-esteem levels of the students at Balikesir University Physical Education and Sports High School according to the variables such; gender, age, body-mass index (BMI), education department, class, sporting situation and sport branch (individual sport-team sport). While the universe of the study has been formed by students in Balikesir physical education and sports high school, the sample group has been consisted of a total of 292 students; 108 of whom are female and 184 male, who have been randomly selected from these students. In this study Rosenberg self-esteem scale, developed by Rosenberg (1965) and adapted to Turkish language by Cuhadaroglu (1986) has been used. Kolmogorov- Smirnov normality test, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal- Wallis test has been used in the analysis of the data obtained from study. Self Esteem Score (SES) is calculated for each individual. As a result of the study, it has been found that the self-esteem averages of the physical education and sports high school students are very close to each other in gender and sport branch factors, and no significant change has been seen (p>0,05) however according to variable; whether they do sport or not; those who perpetually do sport have higher self-esteem than those who do not, and this change is statistically significant (p<0.05) and according to age, class and body-mass index there is no significant difference (p>0,05); and in the comparison among the departments; the average scores of the students of physical education and sports teaching department are higher than the average scores of the students of sports administration department, however this difference is not significant. It has been also understood that the average scores of the physical education and sports teaching students is higher than the students of coaching department and this change is statistically significant (p<0,05.).

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Effects of Assertiveness Training on the Self-Esteem of Black High School Students

Journal of Counseling & Development ◽

10.1002/j.1556-6676.1986.tb01027.x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 64 (10) ◽

pp. 638-641 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

CHARLOTTE G. STEWART ◽

WILLIAM A. LEWIS

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Self Esteem ◽

The Self ◽

School Students ◽

Assertiveness Training

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The relationship between self-esteem and vandalism on high school students Lise öğrencilerinin özsaygı ve tahripçi davranışları arasındaki ilişki

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/ijhs.v12i2.3399 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 1430 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mehmet Emin Kalgı ◽

Ramin Aliyev

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

High School Students ◽

Personal Information ◽

Self Esteem ◽

The Self ◽

School Students ◽

Simple Regression Analysis ◽

The Relationship ◽

Simple Regression

This study aims to determine the relationship between self-esteem and vandalism levels of on high school freshmen students. The data of this correlational study was obtained through the Vandalism Scale, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale and Personal Information Form developed for his study. The sample of this research consists of 1225 students in public high schools freshmens in the Şanlıurfa province and district centers. Of the whole research group, 587 are female and 638 are male students. The relationship between the vandalism and self-esteem levels of student was investigated with the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients. In addition, the calculations on the self-esteem of students predicting their vandalism levels were carried out with the simple regression analysis. Analyzing the binary correlation between vandalism and self-esteem, it was found that the relationship was negatively and significantly. In predicting vandalism scores from all the variables in the study, the self-esteem scores of students with the simple regression analysis, self-esteem scores explained the 3% of the total variance in vandalism scores. Negative correlation between these two variables indicates that individuals having high self-esteem have less vandalism tendencies. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, lise birinci sınıf düzeyinde eğitim gören öğrencilerin tahripçilik ve özsaygıları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir. Korelasyonel türden bir çalışma olan bu araştırma verileri Tahripçilik Ölçeği, Coopersmith Özsaygı Ölçeği ve geliştirilen Kişisel Bilgi Formu ile elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemi, Şanlıurfa ili ve ilçe merkezlerinin devlet okullarının genel liselerinde okuyan 1225 lise birinci sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Bunların 587’si kız, 638’i ise erkek öğrencilerden oluşturmaktadır. Öğrencilerin özsaygı düzeylerinin tahripçi davranışlarını yordama gücü basit regresyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Öğrencilerin özsaygı ölçeği puanlarının tahripçilik puanlarındaki varyansın %3'ünü açıkladığı bulunmuştur. Bu iki değişken arasındaki ilişkinin negatif olması özsaygısı yüksek bireylerin tahripçi davranışlarının daha az olduğunu göstermektedir.

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The Impact of Cyberbullying on the Self-Esteem and Academic Functioning of Arab American Middle and High School Students

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology ◽

10.14204/ejrep.37.15011 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (37) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Wael Shaher Mohammed Yousef ◽

Al Bellamy

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Academic Functioning ◽

The Self ◽

Arab American ◽

School Students ◽

The Impact ◽

Los Grupos

Introducción. El acoso cibernético ha recibido una considerable atención en la literatura académica y pública. Sin embargo, muy poca o ninguna investigación de acoso cibernético se ha realizado entre los estudiantes estadounidenses árabes. Este estudio exploró el impacto de ciberacoso entre la escuela media y secundaria los estudiantes americanos árabes en su autoestima y el funcionamiento académico. Se exploró también el grado en que los niveles de inteligencia emocional moderados estas relaciones.Método. La población de este estudio consistió en 1.152 estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria, grados 6 al 12 de cuatro escuelas diferentes en el Condado de Wayne en Michigan (USA). Estas escuelas representan diferentes grupos étnicos, como los árabes americanos, los afroamericanos, los hispanos y los blancos.Resultados. Los resultados del estudio indican que los árabes estadounidenses sufren más acoso cibernético que los otros grupos étnicos dentro del estudio. Los datos ilustran que el acoso cibernético tiene un efecto negativo esperado en la auto-estima y funcionamiento académico entre el grupo estadounidense de origen árabe. Hubo resultados mixtos entre los otros grupos de estudiantes étnicos.Discusión. El nivel de inteligencia emocional estudiante se mostró a moderar las relaciones entre el acoso cibernético, la autoestima y el funcionamiento académico más así entre los estadounidenses árabes que para los grupos de estudiantes estadounidenses y negro afroamericanos. Este hallazgo informa practicantes escolares que sería ventajoso desarrollar programas que promuevan la inteligencia emocional de los estudiantes.

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Self-injurious behaviors in adolescents: Self-esteem and eating attitudeErgenlerde kendine zarar verme davranışı: Benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumu

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v15i1.4224 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 646

Author(s):

Vesile Oktan

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

English Summary ◽

The Self ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

School Students ◽

Self Injury ◽

Significant Difference

The relationships between adolescents' self- injury behaviors, self-esteem and eating attitudes were investigated in this study. Also it has been examined whether there was a significant difference between the self-esteem and eating attitude of adolescents had and didn’t have self- injury behaviors. The study group consisted of 396 high school students, 205 of which were female and 191 were male. The data were obtained from three different high school in the city of Trabzon. Personal Information Form, The Inventory of Statements About Self-injury (ISAS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Eating Attitude Test were used in the data collection. According to the results of the research, it was revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-injury behaviors and self-esteem and eating attitude in adolescents, and that self-esteem and eating attitude were significant predictors of self-injury behaviors . In addition, it was revealed that there was a significant difference between the self-esteem and eating attitude of the adolescents who have show and didn’t have show self-injury behaviors. The results of the research are discussed in the light of the literature.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu araştırma ile ergenlerin kendine zarar verme davranışı, benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumu arasındaki ilişkiler ortaya konulmaya çalışılmış ve ayrıca kendine zarar verme davranışı (kzvd) gösteren ve göstermeyen ergenlerin benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumu arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olup olmadığına bakılmıştır. Araştırma grubunu, 205’i kız 191’u erkek toplam 396 lise öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Veriler Trabzon ili merkezinde bulunan üç farklı liseden elde edilmiştir. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak, Kendine Zarar Verme Davranışını Değerlendirme Envanteri, Rosenberg Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği ve Yeme Tutumları Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, ergenlerde kzvd ile benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumu arasında anlamlı ilişkiler olduğu ve benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumunun kzvd’nin anlamlı yordayıcıları olduğu ortaya konmuştur. Ayrıca kzvd gösteren ve göstermeyen ergenlerin benlik saygısı ve yeme tutumu arasında anlamlı bir farklılıklar olduğu ortaya konmuştur. Araştırma sonuçları literatür doğrultusunda tartışılmıştır.

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Application of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) To Enhance High School Students Self-Esteem: An Embedded Experimental Design

International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Psychiatry: Theory Research & Clinical Practice ◽

10.35996/1234/1/solution ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Author(s):

Mulawarman Mulawarman

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Research Problem ◽

Self Esteem ◽

The Self ◽

Rank Test ◽

Therapeutic Effects ◽

School Students ◽

Signed Rank Test

This study aims to identify the therapeutic application of SFBT in making changes to enhance the self-esteem of high school students. In answering the research problem is used Embedded Experimental Design. Design of this study is useful to develop a treatment, test the process of an intervention or follow-up of the experimental results. This design can be realized through the acquisition of qualitative data that is included in the experimental design. The results of this study is seen quantitatively from the results found that there are differences in levels of self-esteem when students before getting SFBT intervention and after getting SFBT intervention. By using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, where the z value calculated is -2.207, where p is 0.027. In other words, SFBT intervention has therapeutic effects on the changes to enhance the self-esteem of students. On the qualitative side by basing on the results of conversation analysis is found that the revelation or utterance which counselees from low self-esteem is transformed into a high self-esteem.

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