A study on self esteem among intermediate college students in twin cities hyderabad and secunderabad

Abstract

India possesses a highly developed higher education system. Every student desires to learn and be successful in school. If they are not, we must strive to understand the nature of their learning problems. If students are demonstrating self-defeating behaviors, such as not bothering about anything, or quitting, or not trying, or upset in home as well as in college, we must recognize that these are ineffective coping strategies that often mask feelings of vulnerability, low self-esteem, and hopelessness. Self-esteem issues take on a particular significance for students with learning or attention problems because selfassessment of this concept requires the ability to evaluate and compare. These are two skills that are extraordinarily challenging for students with special needs.The main objective of this research is to analyze the important factors which are contributing the students self esteem in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. A sample size of 242 students has been taken for the purpose of the study. The data has been analyzed using statistical techniques like descriptive statistics, χ2 test and factor analysis using the Statistical Software SPSS and Mini tab. The study reveals that there is some significant difference exists in gender wise self esteems. Another finding of the study revealed that the female students were better self confident than male students. Also the present study reveals that type of school, Parents education and Age of the respondent are associated with self esteem. Also present study reveals four important factors which are contributing self esteem. Based on the findings of the study, teachers and parents must become proactive and motivate the student in order to increase their self-esteem.