Study on Self-Esteem among the College Students in Trichirappalli District

Abstract

The correlate of self-esteem among the college students in Trichy District is a study on a sample of 120 respondents in three colleges in Trichy district namely Bishop Heber, ChristhuRaj and Government arts colleges.  For the selection of these respective colleges researcher used the simple random sampling (lottery method) from the Final year Under Graduate Students only who is pursuing currently in the Arts and Science College. After that, the researcher had selected 20 from the Arts Section and 20 from the Science Section. Hence the Sampling method for this study is Disproportionate Stratified random sampling method is adopted. This study investigated in the three dimensions of self-esteem like performance, social and Appearance self-esteem. The relationship among the selected variables as well as their association with socio demographic background variables of the respondents was also investigated.  The hypothesis generated based on the objectives to find out the relationship between the subject variables. A self-prepared interview schedule and standardized scales were used for the collection of data. Statistical techniques such as mean, standard deviation, median, chi-square, “z” test, Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation. Major findings of the study and the conclusions drawn from them indicate that self-esteem is in moderate level among the college students. The study also revealed that there was a significant relationship between the subject variables. Suggestions of the study with general recommendations are given.

Keywords: Self-esteem, performance, social and appearance