The impact of extracurricular activities involvement on junior secondary one students' self-esteem and social skills

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiu-fung, Euji Lam
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
The Impact

Exploring the Impact of Sexual Abuse on the Self-Esteem and Social Skills of Children

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Abraham-Cook ◽  
Laura K. Palmer ◽  
Craig Springer ◽  
Justin Misurell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Value of Circle Time as an Intervention Strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Glazzard
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Circle Time ◽  
The Impact

<p>Literature on circle time emphasises benefits such as improved self-esteem, improvements in speaking and listening skills and social skills. However, evidence-based research is more limited and much of the available research is anecdotal. Whilst this paper does not offer a systematic evaluation of the impact of circle time on specific groups of children it does synthesise the key arguments in the literature. This paper concludes that is a need for more systematic research on the effects of circle time; particularly research that takes quantitative measures of gains in self-esteem.</p>

scholarly journals The Psychological Adjustment of Children with Asthma: Study of Associated Variables

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lígia Lima ◽  
Marina Prista Guerra ◽  
Marina Serra de Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Coping Efficacy ◽  
Task Persistence ◽  
Negative Reactivity ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
The Impact

As part of a larger research project aimed to understand the impact of asthma in the psychological adjustment of children, this study focuses in the identification of factors associated with this process. The sample of this study consisted of 89 children, aged 8 to 12 with physician diagnosed asthma. To assess children's adjustment, the Portuguese versions of the following instruments were used: School-age Temperament Inventory (McClowry, 1995) Schoolagers Coping Strategies Inventory (Ryan-Wenger, 1990); Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – PedsQL (Varni, Seid & Kurtin, 2001); The Self-perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985), Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach,1991); Social Skills Rating System (Gresham & Elliot, 1990). The results revealed that negative reactivity predicts the level of anxiety/depression, task persistence and perceived coping efficacy predicts social skills and that self-esteem is a significant predictor of the perceived quality of life. A significant proportion of shared variance was also found what seems to confirm the existence of multi-determination in the process of adjustment. The main conclusion is that two dimensions of temperament (negative reactivity and task persistence), as well as perceived coping efficacy and self-esteem, play a significant role in influencing the psychological adjustment of children with asthma.

scholarly journals Habilidades Sociales y acoso escolar: un estudio en centros de Enseñanza Secundaria de Madrid

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Mª Luisa Dueñas Buey ◽  
María Senra Varela
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Global Index ◽  
External Attribution ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

RESUMEN Este artículo es el resultado de un estudio de tipo descriptivo con una muestra de adolescentes de eda‐ des comprendidas entre los 13 y 14 años con la finalidad de analizar el fenómeno del acoso escolar, así como la incidencia de ciertas habilidades sociales relevantes en relación con el mismo. Se analiza el acoso escolar a tres niveles diferenciados: bajo, medio y alto en las 9 escalas que componen el instrumento utilizado. También se analizan: • Los niveles de acoso escolar según el sexo. • Las habilidades sociales en función del sexo y, finalmente,• El acoso escolar en función de las habilidades sociales.ABSTRACT The bullying phenomenon is a critically important subject in educational settings as well as in society. The studies conducted in this line show that people with tendency to aggressive behaviour are charac‐ terized by a distinguishable profile: instability, irritability, external attribution, high levels of anxiety, low self‐esteem and tendency to depression. This paper arises from a descriptive study with a sample of adolescents (age from 13 to 14). It is focused on the analysis of the bullying phenomenon and the impact of specific social skills on it. Nine scales of bullying are analysed: harassment, intimidation, threats, coercions, social boycott, social exclusion, social manipulation and aggressions. Likewise, we calculated a global index of bullying, taking three different levels into account: low, medium and high. Social skills measured by the instrument are subsumed by six dimensions: self‐expression in social interactions, defence of the own rights as a consumer, expression of annoyance or disagreement, saying “no” and interrupting social interactions, asking a favour, initiating opposite-sex peer interactions.Furthermore, we performed analysis concerning the following aspects: Levels of bullying by sex. Social skills by sex, and, finally, bullying according to social skills.

scholarly journals The impact of living on the streets on latency children's friendships

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís A. Rohde ◽  
Maria Helena M. Ferreira ◽  
Andréa Zomer ◽  
Letícia Forster ◽  
Heloisa Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Street Children ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Developmental Appropriateness ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVE: This is a study to evaluate friendships in latency street boys of Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. METHODS: A sample of 30 latency street boys was compared with a sample of 51 latency boys living with their low income families, using the Cornell Interview of Peers and Friends (CIPF). RESULTS: The two groups had a significantly different CIPF global scores, and the boys of the street group had the highest mean score. Also, boys of the street had significantly lower developmental appropriateness, self-esteem and social skills scores than boys living with a family. CONCLUSIONS: The urgent need for intervention street children, especially on boys of the street, is emphasized.

Self-Enhancement, Self-Protection as a Function of Esteem-Related Feedback and Success Contingency

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine McNicoll ◽  
Terri Annamunthodo ◽  
Michael McCarrey ◽  
Fouad Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Ego Functions ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Social ◽  
Female Experimenter ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Male Subjects

This experiment was conducted to assess the impact of esteem-related feedback and success-contingency on the self-protective/self-enhancing aspects of self-handicapping behavior. Following feedback about either contingent or noncontingent success on an intellectual task provided by a male experimenter, 67 male subjects randomly received either ego-enhancing or ego-diminishing feedback on an unrelated task (social skills) provided by a female experimenter. It was hypothesized that the effect of esteem-related feedback on an unrelated task (social skills) provided by the female experimenter would generalize to other ego functions and activate self-protective/self-enhancing processes. It was predicted that those individuals whose self-esteem had been lowered, whether in the conditions of contingent or noncontingent success would self-protect more in that they would be more inclined (1) to attribute their success externally, (2) to self-handicap by choosing the performance-inhibiting drug more often, (3) to show a lower expectancy of future success on retest, and (4) to self-protect by refusing more often to volunteer in a proposed high-risk experiment than those subjects whose self-esteem had been raised via ego-enhancing feedback on the unrelated task. Analysis showed that esteem-related affect did not generalize from the intellectual domain to the social-skills area or from the male to the female experimenter. The findings are discussed in terms of the compartmentalization of affect such that risk-taking reflected self-protection on tasks associated with the female experimenter while the remaining variables associated with the male experimenter showed no such effects.

Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Stigma Among Young Adults With History of Suicide Attempts

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meshan Lehmann ◽  
Matthew R. Hilimire ◽  
Lawrence H. Yang ◽  
Bruce G. Link ◽  
Jordan E. DeVylder
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Self-esteem is a major contributor to risk for repeated suicide attempts. Prior research has shown that awareness of stigma is associated with reduced self-esteem among people with mental illness. No prior studies have examined the association between self-esteem and stereotype awareness among individuals with past suicide attempts. Aims: To understand the relationship between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among young adults who have and have not attempted suicide. Method: Computerized surveys were administered to college students (N = 637). Linear regression analyses were used to test associations between self-esteem and stereotype awareness, attempt history, and their interaction. Results: There was a significant stereotype awareness by attempt interaction (β = –.74, p = .006) in the regression analysis. The interaction was explained by a stronger negative association between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among individuals with past suicide attempts (β = –.50, p = .013) compared with those without attempts (β = –.09, p = .037). Conclusion: Stigma is associated with lower self-esteem within this high-functioning sample of young adults with histories of suicide attempts. Alleviating the impact of stigma at the individual (clinical) or community (public health) levels may improve self-esteem among this high-risk population, which could potentially influence subsequent suicide risk.

The impact of self-esteem threat on interactional justice behavior

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Holmvall ◽  
Lianne Sarson ◽  
Lori Francis
Keyword(s):  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Impact
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