scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF LIFE SKILLS ON INCREASING SELF-ESTEEM OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Author(s):  
Dr. Suman Dalal ◽  
Ms. Parul ◽  
Ms. Ritu

The present study was conducted with the purpose to see a study of Effectiveness of life skills on increasing self-esteem of high school students. The present study was conducted to a randomly selected sample of 200 high school student of 6-8th class studying in Government and Private schools of Sonipat deistical in Haryana. Life Skills developed and standardised by M.N.Vranda (2009) & Self-Esteem developed by Dr .K. G. Agarwal (2015) tool was used for the collection of data in n the present study. The data were analyzed by employing mean, SD,‘t’- test & ‘r’ value. The results of the study showed that female students of high schools are found life skills less adjusted than male students of high schools. Govt. school students are found life skills less adjusted than private school students. No significant difference is found in the self-esteem of high school students in relation to their gender and type of school. KEYWORDS: life skill, Self- esteem, Gender, Type of school, high school students.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Nataša Kostić ◽  
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Šuajb Solaković ◽  

The research problem relates to the examination of the relationof socio-demographic characteristics (gender, level of education and the place where most of childhood was spent) and the self-esteem of the respondents with loneliness.In investigating this problem, the focus was primarily on the perception of the distribution of loneliness, and the examination of the relation of independent variables (socio-demographic characteristics and self-esteem) with the dependent variable (loneliness).The sample of respondents consists of 677 high school students (49.34%) and college students (50.66%) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The range of years of subjects ranges from 15 to 23 (AS = 18.696).The results of the study show that there is a statistically significant difference in loneliness with regard to gender (U = 38672.000, Z = -6.122, p = .000), to the level of education (U = 42292.500, Z = -5.905, p = .000) and the place in which the respondents spent most of their childhood (χ2 = 9.383, df = 2, sig = .009). The results show that there is a statistically significant relation between self-esteem and loneliness (ro = -.401, sig = .000, N = 676).


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 153331752094834
Author(s):  
Iek Long Lo ◽  
Wen Zeng ◽  
Chin Ion Lei ◽  
Chong Lam ◽  
Hong Lei Lou

Objective: To investigate knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of dementia care among high school students in Macao. Methods: Questionnaires was developed and distributed to 10 randomly selected high schools in Macao and 586 valid questionnaires were returned. Results: Knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of dementia care were 56.27 ± 24.90, 73.97 ± 7.72 and 68.34 ± 14.05. There were positive relationships between preventive practice and attitude, and knowledge. The students of 2 high schools had participated or organized lectures or events related to dementia scored higher knowledge, attitude and preventive practice than those hadn’t. Knowledge and attitude of female students were significantly higher than male students. Knowledge and preventive practice of the high school students were significantly lower than primary health professionals in Macao. Conclusion: Most high school students in Macao had insufficient knowledge and inappropriate preventive practice of dementia care. Enhanced dementia education should be a strong agenda for high school students in Macao.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Semir Hadžifejizović

Sample consisted of 30 (16 male and 14 female) participants born in year 2000 +6 months and -6months who attended Gymnasium in Prijepolje in period May 2018. The research concerned with introductionof swimming into elementary and high schools, as well as universities and the questionnaireon knowledge about 100 m free style swimming.Likert scale was used and it consisted of a number of statements which cause positive ornegative attitude towards swimming. Participants were asked to express the level ofagreement on a scale with odd number of units. Total attitude is obtained by summing up theanswers. Scale is designed in the following manner: application of statements on a group ofassessors who express their level of agreement with every statement on scale 1–5. Statement:Swimming should be introduced as course at universities was assessed affirmativelyby 100% of male students and 85.71% female students, whereas the statement:swimming should be introduced as subject at elementary and high schools was assessedaffirmatively by 87.5% of male students and 71.42% of female students.


Author(s):  
Sahabuddin Sahabuddin

ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the extent of the difference in the effect of the hanging ball and hull ball smash training on the sepaktakraw smash ability. By using the field experiment method. The population used was male students of SMA Nasional Makassar with a total sample of 60 people taken by Proposive random sampling. The data analysis technique used is the t-test at a significant level of 95%. The results showed that; (1) There is a significant effect of hanging ball smash practice on the smash ability in the sepaktakraw game for Makassar National High School students, proven to = 13.446> tt = 2.045. There is a significant effect of gastric ball smash practice on smash abilities in the sepaktakraw game for Makassar National High School students, proven to = 10.478> tt = 2.045. There is a significant difference between the hanging ball and hull ball smash practice on the smash ability in the sepaktakraw game among Makassar National High School students, it is proven, to = 9.970> tt = 2,000. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana perbedaan pengaruh antara latihan smash bola gantung dan bola lambung terhadap kemampuan smash sepaktakraw. Dengan menggunakan metode eksperimen lapangan. Populasi yang digunakan adalah siswa Putra SMA Nasional Makassar dengan jumlah sampel 60 orang yangdiambil secara Proposive random sampling. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji-t pada taraf signifikan 95%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa; (1) Ada pengaruh yang signifikan latihan smash bola gantung terhadap kemampuan smash dalam permainan sepaktakraw pada siswa SMA Nasional Makassar, terbukti to = 13,446 > tt = 2,045. Ada pengaruh yang signifikan latihan smash bola  lambung terhadap kemampuan smash dalam permainan sepaktakraw pada siswa SMA Nasional Makassar, terbukti to = 10,478 > tt = 2,045. Ada perbedaan pengaruh yang signifikan antara latihan smash bola gantung dan bola lambung terhadap kemampuan smash dalam permainan sepaktakraw pada siswa SMA Nasional Makassar, terbukti, to = 9,970 > tt = 2,000.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Mahmut Oğuz Kutlu

The main aim of this study is to comparatively examine the “Studying and Learning Strategies” used by the students of Science and Anatolian High Schools, which are the general secondary instruction level in the Turkish Educational System, at Adana province example in Turkey. The study is a descriptive study, a relational survey model. The population of the study is 9th and 12th grade students who are studying in Anatolian and Science High Schools in the city center of Adana. This study group of this research is consisted of 393 students in 9th and 12th grades who were studying at Adana Science High School and Seyhan İMKB Anatolian High School in the spring term of the 2019-2020 academic year. As a data collection tool, the “Study and Learning Strategies Scale for High School Students” developed by Kutlu, Yapıcı and Korkmaz (2015), consisting of 46 items and five sub-dimensions, was used. As a result of the study, when the “Study and Learning Strategies” of the students are examined according to school types; It has been determined that there is a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of “Repetition” and “Enjoying Learning”. It has been observed that there is a significant difference between male and female students in “Repetition” and “Self-Confidence” sub-dimensions according to the gender of the students. There is no significant difference between the levels of 9th and 12th grade students studying at Science and Anatolian High Schools according to their grade levels.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
P. H. Jebalin Paul ◽  
V. S. Mini Kumari*

The main objective of this study was to find out the scientific attitude of high school students.An attempt was also made to study the influence of background variables like gender,locality and type of school management on scientific attitude of high school students. The study revealed that majority of the high school students have medium level of scientific attitude. It was also found that there is no significant difference in the scientific attitude of high school students with respect to gender and type of school management. But significant difference exists between the rural and urban high school students in their scientific attitude.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurullah Emir Ekinci ◽  
İlimdar Yalçın ◽  
Ömer Özer ◽  
Tayfun Kara

The aim of this study was to investigate the digital game addiction levels of the high school students, according to some variables such as sports participation, gender, place of accommodation and level of income.The sample group comprises 931 high school students (508, %54,6 female and 423, %45,4 male) from several villages, districts and Kutahya city center (a town in the west part of Turkey with the population of 325.000). They participated to the study voluntarily. In addition to personal information from prepared by the researcher, the game addiction scale developed by Lemmens et al. (2009) and adapted to Turkish by Irmak and Erdogan (2015) was used as a data gathering tool. It is a five point Likert type scale and has one factor and seven items. In order to evaluate the results the descriptive statistical methods (percentage (%), frequency (f) and t-test, one-way ANOVA) were used.As a result, the significant difference was determined regarding digital game addiction [t (931)=-3,76; p=0,00]  between the students who participate to the sports activities and who do not. So, the non-participant students found more game addicted. According to the gender, male students were determined more addicted than females [t (931)=9,45; p=0,00]. No significant difference was determined in terms of the place where the students lived (p=0,56, p>0,05). Finally, the significant difference was determined in terms of the income levels, [f (931)=3,07; p=0,01] on behalf of  the students who had good income level. They found more addicted.


2011 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1043-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmaeilinasab Maryam ◽  
Malek Mohamadi Davoud ◽  
Ghiasvand Zahra ◽  
Bahrami somayeh

This paper analyzed of the school climate of senior high school students in Jember in the history lesson context. The purposes of this study are: (1) analyzing the school climate of senior high school students in Jember in the history lesson context; (2) examining the difference of school climate of senior high schools in jember. The total samples involved were 375 students. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the difference by using SPSS 23 for windows program. The results showed that the mean value of school climate of SMA 1 Jember 3.66; SMA 2 Jember 3:47; SMA 3 Jember 3:20; SMA 4 Jember 3:39 and; SMA 5 Jember 3:40. The result of the ANOVA test showed that there was a significant difference of school climate of the senior high school students in Jember in the history lesson context (f = 4.789; Sig.0,001). The largest difference of significance level was shown by the sample group of SMA 1 Jember and SMA 3 Jember (mean differences = 0.46611). The school climate of SMA 1 Jember has very significant difference compared to the school climate of SMA 3 Jember.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahri Akçakoyun

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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