Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Veena Dani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Sarojini Naidu Govt. Girls P. G. College, Bhopa-462 016l, Madhya Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Self-Esteem (SE) is an evaluative component of self-concept, A person having healthy SE enjoys physical and mental health (Brown et al., 1990; Rutter, 1992), higher levels of academic achievement (Lockett & Harrell, 2003; Wong & Watkins, 2001) and escalated performance level (McMillan, Singh & Simonnetta, 2001). The formation of SE and shaping of personality is of pronounced significance during the adolescent period. If adolescents are given suitable instructions/intervention during this period; their SE levels can be elevated, which will affect their personality development. The present study was undertaken to enhance the SE level of adolescent students by introducing an intervention module; developed by the investigator. Initially, a purposive sample of 416 boys and 242 girls of 8th and 9th standard was taken. The Co-opersmith SE inventory (CSEI) was administered (pre-test). Students having low levels of SE (<25%) were screened out and divided into experimental and control group randomly (N = 155). The experimental group was given intervention module for 15 sessions; each session lasted for 45 min. At the end, the CSEI was again administered on both the groups (post-test). Results are analyzed with the help of t test. Significant differences were obtained between the pre-test and post-test SE means for experimental groups comprising of boys and girls group, boys group, and girls group. A significant t value between the mean SE difference for experimental and control group was also observed. These results indicated efficacy of the intervention module. On the other hand, no significant difference was observed between the pre-test and post-test means of the control group.

Keywords

Adolescent, Enhancement, Self-Esteem.

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Veena Dani ¹, Fariha Farooqui ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Sarojini Naidu Govt. Girls P. G. College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, IN
2 Telerad RxDx Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Recent research suggests that the role of emotional intelligence may be more important than cognitive intelligence because emotions are helpful in energizing and directing human behavior. It has even been stated that 80 percent of a person's success relies on emotional intelligence; whereas, the role of IQ is only about 20 percent. Studies have indicated that EI of an individual can be enhanced using special instructions. Furthermore, some researchers point to the fact that school children can be the maximum beneficiaries of such programs. The present study aims to develop a suitable instructional material for school children. A pretest-posttest design was chosen, with one experimental and one control group of middle school students, both boys and girls. Test results were compared with the help of 't' test. The results of the study revealed a significant difference between the pretest-posttest scores, as a result of instructional material. It was found that post test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than control group. However, no significant difference in the post test scores of girls and boys was observed.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Health, School Students.

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