The Educational Structure and the Self-Image of Jamaican Adolescents

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1147-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delores E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
The Self ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Technical Schools ◽  
Self Image ◽  
School Differences

The Offer Self-image Questionnaire was used to assess the self-image of 141 Jamaican adolescents attending three types of secondary (High, Technical, and New Secondary) schools in Jamaica. Owing to the different status given each type of school, differences among students' self-perceptions were hypothesized as a function of the type of secondary school they attended. Analysis showed significant differences on dimensions of the self-image of Jamaican adolescents relative to the hierarchical status afforded their respective schools. Adolescents attending the more prestigious (High) schools scored significantly better than peers from the less prestigious Technical and New Secondary schools on eight self-image dimensions of impulse control, emotional tone, social relationships, morals, sexual attitudes, vocational and educational goals, emotional health, and superior adjustment. Students from Technical schools had significantly better adjustment scores than New Secondary students on social relationships, sexual attitudes, and emotional health. Results are discussed with regard to the Jamaican cultural, educational and economic setting. International implications are noted.

scholarly journals Self-concept in overweight adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Vuk Pisk ◽  
Mate Mihanovic ◽  
Ante Silic ◽  
Anamarija Bogovic ◽  
Vesna Vidovic
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Peer Acceptance ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Self Image

Background and objective. Adolescence is considered a critical stage of life, and one during which body image and self-concept are of particular importance for peer acceptance and approval. Body weight may impact on satisfaction or dissatisfaction in adolescent girls’ self-concept. The aim of this research was to determine the association between obesity and self-concept among adolescent girls. Methods. The study sample consisted of 40 overweight (BMI 25 - 30) 18-year-old girls in their last year of high school. A further 40 girls of the same age with a BMI of 18 - 25 formed a control group. The Offer Self-Image Questionnaire for Adolescents (OSIQ) was used to evaluate their self-concept. Descriptive statistical methods used in analysing the data included calculation of the median and standard deviation of variables, and t-tests were used to compare group differences, with p<0.05 taken as the level of significance. Results. Statistically significant differences between two groups were found in two components of the OSIQ, sexual attitudes (p=0.044) and psychopathology (p=0.020), but no differences were found in other components such as impulse control, emotional tone, body and self-image, social relations, morals, family relations, mastery of the external world, vocational educational goals and superior adjustment. Conclusion. Our results suggest that overweight adolescent girls are less adjusted with regard to their sexual attitudes and present with more psychopathology as measured by the OSIQ compared with their peers of average weight.

scholarly journals The Comparison of Self-Perception of the Use of Learning Strategies in Spanish and Lithuanian Secondary Students When Learning Science

Pedagogika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-173
Author(s):  
Enric Ortega-Torres ◽  
Sigitas Drąsutis ◽  
Renata Burbaitė
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Learning Science ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Sociocultural Environment ◽  
Environment Influence

Improving students‘ learning strategies is important for them in order to learn successfully. This article compares the self-perception of the use of learning strategies in Spanish and Lithuanian secondary schools students when learning science and analyse the students understanding of these strategies to determine the sociocultural environment influence on this perception. Results emphasize the need to include support actions to improve the management of strategies in secondary school.

Zofia Kulik. The Splendor of Myself

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Women Artists ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Physical Presence

Narratives about women artists usually point to the obstacles they face in the development of their artistic careers. In her article, the author proposes an analysis that concentrates on how a woman artist – Zofia Kulik – presented herself as the heroine of a successful story of emancipation in the series of works titled The Splendor of Myself (1997, 2015, 2017). The self-image she presents is paradoxical: we deal with both her ostentatious presence and her absence as her physical presence is hidden behind the gorgeous but extremely stiff dress. It corresponds with Kulik’s understanding of her success as directly related with the wealth of images and the mastery of composition.

The Self-Image as Defense and Resistance

1960 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
Esther Menaker
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Image

Langdell Laughs

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
William P. LaPiana
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
The Self ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Christopher Columbus ◽  
Self Image ◽  
American Law

The amount of ink spilled in consideration of the life, thought, accomplishments, and legacy of Christopher Columbus Langdell is eloquent testimony to the critical role he plays in the self-image of the American law teaching profession. It is both wonderful and astounding, therefore, to find that critical primary sources remained unread and unused at the very end of the twentieth century. Now that Bruce Kimball has brought them to light, we have a more complete view of the man and his thought, one that, not surprisingly, reveals to us someone quite different from the cruelly and crudely caricatured inventor of those twin devices for stifling young minds, the case and Socratic methods.

The sleep maths: A strong correlation between more daytime light and better night-time sleep

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 423-435
Author(s):  
MG Figueiro ◽  
C Jarboe ◽  
L Sahin
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Visual System ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Circadian System ◽  
The Self ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Light Levels

Lighting for workplaces and schools is typically specified to meet the needs of the visual system without sufficient regard to the lighting characteristics that are required by the human circadian system. In 2020, many workers and students were compelled by the COVID-19 pandemic to work and study from home, where light levels are typically even lower than those found in most schools and workplaces. Using online surveys, this study sought to quantify potential changes in daytime light exposures resulting from teleworking or self-isolating at home and how those changes might have affected self-reported sleep quality, psychological health and emotional health. The first survey was administered in early May 2020, and the second survey was administered in September 2020. In broad terms, our analysis indicates that the greater the amount of light one is exposed to during the day (either in the home or outdoors), the better the self-reported sleep outcomes. Stress and mood were also correlated with greater self-reported daytime light exposures. The results suggest that spending one to two hours outdoors or staying in a bright to very bright room indoors may improve night-time sleep. These results have important implications for daytime lighting in homes, offices and schools.

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