Self Esteem of Shy and Emotional Students at Elementary Level

Abstract

The aim of this research was to realize the self esteem of shy and emotional students at elementary level. The study was descriptive in nature and survey research technique was used to investigate the self esteem of shy and emotional students as reported by the teachers and students. All the teachers and students of Govt and private schools of specific district were the population of the study. Questionnaire was used as research instrument. The instrument of the study was “Self Esteem of Children Questionnaire” having nine sub scales. After the data collection, the data was entered in SPSS. The data was analyzed by using frequency analysis, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), independent sample t-test, correlation & descriptive analysis. It is concluded that the maximum mean difference exists between the opinion about me and feelings of the children. The minimum mean difference exists of anxieties between about me and participation during classroom discussion. The study recommended that the school should provide extra curricular activities to students especially for shy and emotional students for development their positive self esteem. The teachers and parents should provide the educational, vocational and psychological guidance for the betterment of self esteem of shy and emotional children’s.

Keywords: Self Esteem (SE), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), Intelligent Quotient (IQ), Elementary, Emotional, Shy, Students.