SELF-ESTEEM AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT: AN INVESTIGATION OF HONG KONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fung Wing Yee ◽  
David Watkins ◽  
Nick Crawford

A comparison was made of the self-esteem of 45 moderately-severe hearing impaired and 300 normal-hearing secondary school students in Hong Kong. Analysis indicated that the hearing impaired group, particularly the males, tended to report higher self-esteem in a number of dimensions of the self. The results provide no evidence that integration into the normal classroom has damaged the self-esteem of the hearing-impaired.

2020 ◽  
Vol V (III) ◽  
pp. 385-395
Author(s):  
Fouzia Perveen ◽  
Asghar Ali ◽  
Muhammad Ramzan

The internet users are more than four billion globally. The fast advancement in electronic technology caused an unpredictable variation in the development of students. The use of the internet has become the backbone of education and communication. The current study sets out to measure the impact of cyberbullying on the selfesteem among secondary and higher secondary school students in nine districts of Punjab, Pakistan were selected. The total sample size comprised of 3236 (1614 male 1622 female) students, and their ages were 13-19 years, recruited through conveniently sampling. Two questionnaires were employed in the present research for the purpose of data collection; Cyberbullying Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The data were analyzed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 23.0). The quantitative results revealed that cyberbullying was significantly (p < .01) positively correlated with self-esteem. Further, linear regression results showed that cyberbullying was a significant impact on self-esteem. Results also showed the comparison between male and female samples for cyberbullying on the self-esteem, and results of the comparison showed that the mean of cyberbullying was selfesteem was significantly higher among female students than male respondents. The limitations of the results are discussed.


1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins

Correlations of responses of 160 12- or 13-year-old Hong Kong secondary school students to the Self-description Questionnaire and a measure of social desirability indicated a moderate but statistically significant association between these variables which differed somewhat by gender and the facet of self-assessment.


1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tak Sing Cheung

This paper reports a piece of research that is addressed to the controversial issue whether there are sex differences in the effect of academic achievement on self esteem. The study is a large scale survey based on a representative sample of all the secondary school students in Hong Kong. The results showed that male subjects generally had a higher score on self esteem than female ale subjects, and that while the self-esteem of male subjects were susceptible to the influence of academic achievement, the same was not true for their female counterparts. Similar findings were established in a recent study carried out in Norway. Explanations were given to account for the similarity.


Author(s):  
Jagodics Balázs ◽  
Kóródi Kitti ◽  
Szabó Éva

Háttér és célkitűzésekA felnőttek munkahelyi kiégésének vizsgálata mellett egyre nagyobb szerepet kap a problémakör iskolai vonatkozásának feltárása is. Tanulmányunk célja a Salmela-Aro és munkatársai (2008, 2009) által kidolgozott Diák Kiégés Kérdőív hazai változatának tesztelése volt.MódszerMagyar általános és középiskolás, 13–18 éves (M = 15,3 év; SD = 2,01) diákokból álló mintán (Náltalános iskola = 337; Nközépiskola = 738) ellenőriztük a kérdőív szerkezetét, belső konzisztenciáját, illetve a diák kiégés kapcsolatát demográfiai és pszichológiai jellegű változókkal.EredményekA feltáró és megerősítő faktorelemzés szerint az eredetivel megegyező, háromfaktoros struktúra jellemző a kérdőívre, amelyet az érzelmi kimerülés, a cinizmus és az alkalmatlanságérzés alskálák alkotnak. A kiégés kérdőíven a nemek között nem találtunk különbséget, iskolatípus tekintetében pedig csak a cinizmus alskálán különböztek az általános és középiskolás diákok pontszámai. A tanulmányi eredmény negatív összefüggést mutatott a kiégéssel, hasonlóan az önértékeléshez, az iskolai kötődéshez és a közelítő-elsajátító célorientációhoz. Az elkerülő célorientáció gyenge pozitív együtt járást mutatott a kiégéspontszámmal. A hierarchikus regresszióelemzés szerint a Diák Kiégés Kérdőív alskálái a célorientációs kérdőív dimenzióival együtt az önértékelés varianciájának 50,3%-át képesek megmagyarázni.KövetkeztetésekAz eredmények alapján kialakított nyolctételes kérdőív alkalmasnak tűnik a diák kiégés mérésére, illetve azon belül az érzelmi kimerülés, a cinizmus és az alkalmatlanságérzés tüneteinek elkülönítésére. Ugyanakkor a Cronbach-alfa-mutatók alapján utóbbi két alskála belső megbízhatósága csak elfogadható mértékű, emiatt a kérdőívet egydimenziós skálaként ajánljuk használni. A kérdőív alkalmas lehet további feltáró kutatásokban való alkalmazásra, illetve hasznos segédeszköz lehet az iskolapszichológiai gyakorlat számára is.Background and goalsDue to the prevalence of burnout-syndrome, research on this phenomenon is becoming increasingly important. As a result, beside examining the burnout-syndrome among adults, it is also important to explore the problem in the schools. The aim of our research is exploring the structure of the Hungarian version of the Student Burnout Inventory (Salmela-Aro et al., 2008, 2009).MethodsThe participants were Hungarian primary (N = 337) and secondary school students (N = 738), between the age 13 and 18 (M =15,3 years, SD = 2,01). We checked the structure of the questionnaire, the internal consistency and the connections between student burnout and other demographic and psychological factors.ResultsAccording to the exploratory and the confirmatory factor analysis, the three-factor structure of the questionnaire is the same as the original, which consists of three subscales: emotional exhaustion, cynicism and sense of inadequacy. There was no difference between the the boys and the girls in the overall burnout score, and in the case of school-type the scores of primary and secondary school students differed only on the subscale of cynicism. The academic achievement correlated negatively with the burnout, as well as the self-esteem, school attachment and mastery-approach goal orientation. The avoidance goal orientation showed positive correlation with the overall burnout score. The hierarchical regression analysis established that the subscales of the Student Burnout Inventory and the dimensions of the goal orientation could predict the level of the self-esteem, with 50,3% of the explained variability.ConclusionBased on the results, the Hungarian version of the Student Burnout Inventory with 8 items is appropriate for measuring student burnout, and for separating the symptoms of emotional exhaustion, cynism and sense of inadequacy. Based on the Cronbach-alfa indicators, the reliability of two of the sub-scales are only acceptable. Therefore we advise to use the questionnaire as a unidimensional scale. The questionnaire may be suitable for further exploratory research or can be an useful tool for school psychologist as well.


1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
Adebowale Akande ◽  
Christopher Cheng ◽  
Murari Regmi

The responses of 268 Hong Kong and 399 Nigerian first- or second-year social science undergraduate university students to the Personal and Academic Self-Concept Inventory (PASCI; Fleming & Whalen, 1990) were compared to previously reported findings with similar groups of American and Nepalese students. Country × Gender analyses indicated clear, statistically significant mnain and interaction effects which varied according to the area of self-esteem under investigation. Support was found for the tendency found in research with secondary school students for subjects from non-Western cultures to report higher academic but lower nonacademic self-esteem than their Western peers. However, the gender differences did not generalize across cultures.


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