Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pragati Dixit ¹, Amrita Sharma ¹, Mahmood S. Khan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional state that consists of the feelings of fear, suspiciousness and restlessness. Self esteem refers to self evaluation. It is the way an individual feels about himself. Present study was undertaken to examine the difference between anxiety and self esteem among students of Private and Government schools. For that purpose Beck Anxiety Inventory and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale were used. The sample consisted of 60 students (30 in each group) with age range 12- 15 years selected by means of purposive technique of sampling. Results indicated that students of private and government schools differ significantly in terms of anxiety and self esteem and socio economic status also plays an important role in determining one's self esteem and level of anxiety.

Keywords

Anxiety, Self Esteem, Schools.

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Amrita Sharma ¹, Pragati Dixit ¹, Naima K. Gulrez ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the role of school environment on aggression among adolescence. School environment can be defined as an environment where students experiences caring relationship with and healthy expectations from school staff and take part in school and class activities.Aggression can be defined as behaviour aimed at causing harm and pain, psychological harm, personal injury or physical distraction. K.S Misra school environment inventory and Buss and Perry aggression scale was used to measure school environment and aggression on adolescence respectively.The sample consisted of 60 children with age range of 12-16 years.Regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Significant results were obtained.The findings will be discussed in the light of relevant literature.

Keywords

School Environment, Aggression.

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