scholarly journals SELF DISCREPANCY AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-91
Author(s):  
B.S. Parimal
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
T Test ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Virtual Self ◽  
Physical Touch ◽  
Self Discrepancy ◽  
Real Self

With the increasing technologies and every information being just a click away people have started to lose the physical touch and have been continuously moving towards shortcuts and easy accessibilities, which has been leading to the creation of discrepancies. The objective of this research is to study whether the discrepancy between Real Self and Virtual self influence on college student’s Self-Esteem. Discrepancy between Real Self and Virtual self scale was developed based on review of literature and The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to measure self esteem. A survey research questionnaire was used to collect data. Total of 209 participants were taken as sample from different colleges. Pearson product moment correlation and independent t- test was used to analyze the data. The major findings of this research were that the discrepancy between real self and virtual self leads to lower self-esteem among college students. The research will implicate to enhance college students self esteem.

Loneliness in College Students: Coping, Insensitivity Received, and Self-Esteem

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony S. Renwick ◽  
Mark Vosvick ◽  
Chwee-Lye Chng ◽  
Nathan G. Smith
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Esteem

Effect of a-Week Summer Camp on the Hopelessness and Self-Esteem of the University Students Attending Sport Sciences Faculty

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Korkmaz YİĞİTER ◽  
Hakan TOSUN
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of participation in a 1-week summer camp on thehopelessness and self-esteem of the university students attending Sport Sciences Faculty. Participants were 36university students assigned to experiment group using a random procedure. Coopersmith Self-esteem and Beck Hopelessness Scales were completed at the beginning and end of the summer camp by designed the university. The obtained data were analysed in the SPSS 18.0 program and the significance level was taken as 0.05. The descriptive statistics, independent simple t test, paired simple t test and Pearson correlation were used for analyse the data in the study. According to the results of the research, no significant difference was observed in the comparison of the hopelessness and self-esteem levels between pre and post-test. In addition, there was a significant difference in the hopelessness level of male and female students but any significant difference was not observed in terms of self-esteem. There was a significant relationship between hopelessness and self-esteem pre and post-test. These result shows that a 1-week summer camp cannot change the hopelessness or self-esteem level. However, as the self-esteem rises, the rate of despair decreases whereas as the despair rises, the selfesteem decreases.

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