scholarly journals Ethnic Socialization, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem in Chinese Mulao Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Kuang ◽  
Saori Nishikawa

We examined the associations and likely pathways between ethnic socialization, ethnic identity, and self-esteem among junior high school students of Chinese Mulao ethnic minority. A total of 469 Mulao students (220 boys and 249 girls) completed the Ethnic Socialization Measurement revised by Yin et al. (2016), the Revised Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM-R) by Roberts et al. (1999), and Rosenberg’s Self-esteem Scale (Chinese Version) by Wang et al. (1999). The main results indicated that adolescents who perceived more promotion of harmony messages tended to report stronger ethnic identity and higher self-esteem. Adolescents who perceived cultural socialization displayed stronger ethnic identity and higher self-esteem, while the promotion of distrust messages was negatively associated with self-esteem. Multiple-group analysis revealed that the relationships were stable across gender, parental education, but varied significantly across students’ grade. These findings emphasize the important role of positive ethnic socialization messages in adolescents’ ethnic identity and self-esteem. In addition, it is also important that we pay attention to negative ethnic socialization messages and consider their grade when communicating ethnic information with adolescents. Finally, our results are analyzed and notable suggestions are presented for ethnic family education.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Fei Li ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yi-Ping Chen ◽  
Si-Lan Yang ◽  
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Abstract Background High aggressive behavior will harm the physical and mental health of children, and the probability of aggressive behaviors among left-behind junior high school students is significantly higher than that of non-left-behind ones, but the systematic research and intervention measures concerning the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students quite deficient at present. This study adopts the structural equation model to analyze the interrelationship and action modes of various factors affecting the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students to provide scientific basis for the mitigation and prevention of their aggressive behavior. Methods A structural equation model was constructed based on data from a cross-sectional survey of 751 left-behind junior high school students using Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Checklist, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents, Coping Style Questionnaire, and Buss-Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Results Self-esteem, resilience, positive coping, negative coping and household income have different direct or indirect effects on the aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Among them, self-esteem, resilience, positive coping and negative coping are the important mediating factors between life events and aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Conclusions Parents, teachers and temporary guardians in the care of left-behind children should try to avoid possible adverse effects that the life events have on the children, meanwhile should also through effective psychological intervention and social support, improving the self-esteem, psychological resilience and positive coping tendencies of left-behind children, in order to reduce or prevent their aggressive behaviors.


2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412097263
Author(s):  
Ryota Tsukawaki ◽  
Tomoya Imura

The aim of the present study was to determine whether two types of teacher humor (Aggressive Humor and Affinity Humor) are predictors of students’ mental health. A self-report scale was administered to 500 elementary and junior high school students in grades 4 to 9 (mean age 12.04, SD = 1.76) asking questions about perceived teacher humor, stress response, emotional well-being, and self-esteem. Aggressive humor was a significant positive predictor of stress response and a significant negative predictor of emotional well-being. Affinity humor was a significant positive predictor of emotional well-being and self-esteem. These results suggest that the teacher’s humor is related to students’ mental health. We conclude that teachers should refrain from using aggressive humor as much as possible in favor of affinity humor.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Ibud Mahani ◽  
Budiyono Budiyono ◽  
Hasih Pratiwi

This study aims to find out between students with high, medium, and low self-esteem in term of better mathematical communication. This type of research is quantitative research. The data analysis technique used was one-way variance analysis with inequivalent cells. The collection of students' mathematical communication data was obtained from the score of mathematical communication tests, and the data of self-esteem was collected through questionnaires. The subjects of this study were the eighth-grade junior high school students in Ponorogo with the high, medium and low schools categories. The results of this study indicate that students with high self-esteem possess better mathematical communication skills compared to students with moderate self-esteem and students with low self-esteem. Students with low self-esteem are having the same level of mathematical communication skills as students with moderate self-esteem. 


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamama Abd Al-Qadr ◽  
Yaacov J Katz

The aim of the present research study was to compare the relationships between identity (nationalistic, religious and ethnic), socialization processes (home and school), and psychological resilience (self-esteem, self-efficacy, and well-being) of Arab-Palestinian and Jewish high school students in Israel.317 tenth and eleventh grade students (163 Arab-Palestinian students including 93 girls and 70 boys; and 154 Jewish students including 70 girls and 84 boys) participated in the study. The research was conducted in two state Arab-Palestinian schools, one state secular-Jewish school, and one state religious-Jewish school.The research employed a series of questionnaires. First, a background questionnaire was used to collect basic data about the students; a second questionnaire assessed the nationalistic and religious socialization of the Jewish teenagers and the nationalistic, religious, and ethnic socialization of the Arab-Palestinian adolescents; a third questionnaire assessed the salience of national and religious identity among the Jewish participants, and the salience of national, religious, and ethnic identity among the Arab-Palestinian participants; a fourth questionnaire examined indices of psychological resilience, namely self-esteem, self-efficacy, and the sense of well-being of the Arab-Palestinian and Jewish students. The research findings indicate differences between the socialization processes experienced by the Arab-Palestinian students and those experienced by the Jewish students. The nationalistic socialization experienced by the Jewish adolescents was stronger than that experienced by the Arab-Palestinian adolescents, while the Arab-Palestinian adolescents experienced stronger religious socialization than that experienced by the Jewish adolescents. In addition, the level of religious identity was higher among the Arab-Palestinian participants than among the Jewish participants. On the other hand, there were no significant differences between the two groups regarding salience of national identity. The findings did not indicate differences between the two groups with regard to self-esteem and well-being. However, the self-efficacy of the Arab-Palestinian students was found to be higher than that of the Jewish students.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
Erol Duran ◽  
Kadir Kaplan

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The speeches prepared in a plan and presented to the target group are in the ready speech class. Changing world conditions personalize the person and break away from the outside world. This situation leads to an increase in the number of people who are inadequate in interpersonal communication, difficult to express themselves, and who can not express the situation they are facing. Appropriate studies should be carried out to train the generations that can express your verbal thought and adopt a level of personality. At this point, it is very important to determine the levels and interests of individuals. At this point, the motivation of individuals who are reluctant to open individuals can be improved in this way.</p><p>This research was conducted to determine the selection of topics on the lower level prepared by junior high school students. "Are middle school students different in their choice of subject, such as readiness, gender, grade level, parental level of education, family economic level, book page reading per month?" And "What are the opinions of the middle school students in the subjects of the prepared talk?" the answer was searched. A complementary hybrid design was used in the study. The first group of the study consisted of 24 selected students. Data; The semi-structured interview form for the first sub-problem and the second semi-structured interview form for the second sub-problem were analyzed by frequency and percentage calculation. It has been examined whether subject selection tendencies differ according to variables such as gender, class level, parental education level, family economic level, number of book pages read in one month. In the second part of the research, thematic coding was done.</p><p>5th and 6th grades, animal and nature in topic selection, environment in 7th grade, 8th class sports branches are extraordinary. Subject selection; The gender of the students, the level of education of the father, the educational status of the mother, the profession of the father, the occupation of the mother, the monthly income of the family and the number of books read in a month. When the general opinions of the middle school students are evaluated regarding the prepared speech, the negative aspects such as excitement, interruption and not being able to express themselves can not be prevented with prepared speeches. Students can communicate their thoughts effectively.</p><p><strong>Öz</strong></p><p>Bir plan dahilinde hazırlanıp hedef kitleye sunulan konuşmalar, hazırlıklı konuşma sınıfındadır. Değişen dünya koşulları, insanı bireyselleştirmekte ve dış dünya ile olan ilişkilerini koparmaktadır. Bu durum kişiler arası iletişimde yetersiz, kendini ifade etmekte zorlanan, karşılaştığı sorunlar karşısında içinde bulunduğu durumu dile getiremeyen bireylerin artmasına neden olmaktadır. Düşündüğünü sözlü olarak doğru ifade edebilen nesiller yetiştirmek, beceriyi kişilik özelliği olacak düzeyde benimsetmek için seviyeye uygun çalışmaların yürütülmesi gerekmektedir. Bu noktada ise bireylerin seviyelerinin ve ilgi alanlarının belirlenmesi büyük önem arz etmektedir. Duygu ve düşüncelerini açığa vurmada isteksiz durumda olan bireylerin motivasyonu bu şekilde artırılabilecektir.</p><p>Bu araştırma, ortaokul öğrencilerinin hazırlıklı konuşmada konu seçimlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. “Ortaokul öğrencilerinin hazırlıklı konuşmada konu seçimleri, cinsiyet, sınıf seviyesi, anne-baba eğitim düzeyi, ailenin ekonomik seviyesi, ayda okuduğu kitap sayfası değişkenlerine göre farklılık göstermekte midir?” ve “Ortaokul öğrencilerinin hazırlıklı konuşmada konu seçimleri ile ilgili görüşleri nelerdir?” sorularına cevap aranmıştır. Araştırmada tamamlayıcı karma desen kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın birinci çalışma grubunu, resmi bir okulda öğrenim gören 120 ortaokul öğrencisi; ikinci çalışma grubunu, birinci çalışma grubu içerisinden seçilen 24 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Veriler; birinci alt problem için ölçme aracı ile ikinci alt problem için yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmış, frekans ve yüzde hesaplamasıyla çözümlenerek yorumlanmıştır. Konu seçme eğilimlerinin cinsiyet, sınıf seviyesi, anne-baba eğitim düzeyi, ailenin ekonomik seviyesi, bir ayda okunan kitap sayfası sayısı değişkenlerine göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığı incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın ikinci kısmından elde edilen veriler tematik kodlama yapılarak analiz edilmiştir.</p><p>5 ve 6.sınıfların konu seçimlerinde hayvanlar ve doğa konusu, 7.sınıfta çevre konusu, 8.sınıfta spor dalları öne çıkan konulardır. Konu seçimleri; öğrencilerin cinsiyetlerine, baba eğitim durumuna, anne eğitim durumuna, baba mesleğine, anne mesleğine, ailenin aylık gelirine, bir ayda okunan kitap sayfası sayısına göre anlamlı bir şekilde farklılaşmamaktadır. Ortaokul öğrencilerinin hazırlıklı konuşmayla ilgili genel görüşleri değerlendirildiğinde hazırlıklı konuşma ile heyecan, kekeleme, kendini ifade edememe gibi olumsuzlukların ortadan kalktığı; öğrencilerin düşüncelerini etkili bir şekilde aktarabildikleri görülmüştür.Çalışmanın bulguları öğretmenler, ders kitabı yazarları tarafından dikkate alındığında öğrencilerin duygu ve düşüncelerini ortaya koymadaki isteksizliği giderilmiş, motivasyonları artırılmış olacaktır. Kendilerini daha iyi ifade eden ve konuşma becerisini kişilik özelliği olacak düzeyde benimseyen bireyler yetiştirilebilecektir.</p>


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