Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research

J. Vijaya Nanci Rani ¹

Affiliations
1 Anand College of Nursing, Rajkot-360 006, Gujarat, IN

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the self- esteem before and after parental touch among children. The sample consisted of 30 children under the age group of 10-12 years were selected by purposive sampling technique. It was a one group pre test post test design. The self esteem was assessed using the Rosenberg self esteem scale. The reliability of the tool by Pearson correlation method r=0.91, was high. The study findings showed that there was a significant increase in post test self esteem after parental touch t=-10.26, p>0.05.

Keywords

Self Esteem, Parental Touch, Children.

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