Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
Self-esteem is an important determinant of psychological well-being that is particularly problematic during adolescent life stage. There is a correlation between low self-esteem and other social problems among today's adolescents. This study was conducted to determine the mean self-esteem score...
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| author | Mohd Sidik, Sherina Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Loh, J. W. Chan, C. L. Teh, P. C. Tan, P. O. |
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| description | Self-esteem is an important determinant of psychological well-being that is particularly problematic during adolescent life stage. There is a correlation between low self-esteem and other social problems among today's adolescents. This study was conducted to determine the mean self-esteem score, and to determine the association between self-esteem and age, sex, race, religion, number of siblings, ranking among siblings, family function, parental marital status and smoking among adolescents aged 12 to 20-years-old. A cross sectional study design using random cluster sampling method was done. Four out of a total of 35 secondary schools in Klang District, Selangor were selected. Respondents consisted of individual students in selected classes from the four selected schools. Data was collected using a self-administered, structured, pre-tested questionnaire and was analyzed using the SPSS version 12.0. Out of 1089 respondents, 793 completed the questionnaire (response rate 73.82%). The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. The mean self-esteem score for males (27.99) was slightly higher than females (27.31). The differences in the mean scores by race were statistically significant. There was a statistically significant relationship between mean self-esteem scores and sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function. There was no statistically significant difference between mean self-esteem score with parental marital status and with ranking among siblings. The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. Self-esteem was associated with sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function.
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| spelling | upm-166592015-10-26T00:42:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16659/ Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor. Mohd Sidik, Sherina Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Loh, J. W. Chan, C. L. Teh, P. C. Tan, P. O. Self-esteem is an important determinant of psychological well-being that is particularly problematic during adolescent life stage. There is a correlation between low self-esteem and other social problems among today's adolescents. This study was conducted to determine the mean self-esteem score, and to determine the association between self-esteem and age, sex, race, religion, number of siblings, ranking among siblings, family function, parental marital status and smoking among adolescents aged 12 to 20-years-old. A cross sectional study design using random cluster sampling method was done. Four out of a total of 35 secondary schools in Klang District, Selangor were selected. Respondents consisted of individual students in selected classes from the four selected schools. Data was collected using a self-administered, structured, pre-tested questionnaire and was analyzed using the SPSS version 12.0. Out of 1089 respondents, 793 completed the questionnaire (response rate 73.82%). The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. The mean self-esteem score for males (27.99) was slightly higher than females (27.31). The differences in the mean scores by race were statistically significant. There was a statistically significant relationship between mean self-esteem scores and sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function. There was no statistically significant difference between mean self-esteem score with parental marital status and with ranking among siblings. The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. Self-esteem was associated with sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function. 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16659/1/Self-esteem%20and%20its%20associated%20factors%20among%20secondary%20school%20students%20in%20Klang%20District%2C%20Selangor..pdf Mohd Sidik, Sherina and Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal and Loh, J. W. and Chan, C. L. and Teh, P. C. and Tan, P. O. (2008) Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 63 (1). pp. 26-30. ISSN 0300-5283 Self esteem in children - Study and teaching. Social skills in children - Study and teaching. Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence. English |
| spellingShingle | Self esteem in children - Study and teaching. Social skills in children - Study and teaching. Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence. Mohd Sidik, Sherina Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Loh, J. W. Chan, C. L. Teh, P. C. Tan, P. O. Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor. |
| title | Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
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| title_full | Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
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| title_fullStr | Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
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| title_full_unstemmed | Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
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| title_short | Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
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| title_sort | self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in klang district, selangor. |
| topic | Self esteem in children - Study and teaching. Social skills in children - Study and teaching. Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence. |
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