The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation effects of the psychological education program on self-esteem and others-acceptance for elementary school 2nd grade students.
A total 73 students(2nd grade) from Daegu B Elementary School pa...
The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation effects of the psychological education program on self-esteem and others-acceptance for elementary school 2nd grade students.
A total 73 students(2nd grade) from Daegu B Elementary School participated in this study. These students were assigned into the experimental group((N=37) and the control group(N=36). The experimental group received the psychological education program by Lee(1997). Among her programs, self, self-control and other-acceptance parts were adopted in this study. A total 20 activity programs were implemented for ten weeks period. The control group didn't have any intervention.
The research hypotheses were as follows :
1-1 : Compared to the control group, the experimental group received the psychological education program will show higher scores on the self-esteem test.
1-2 : The post-test scores on the self-esteem test of the experimental group received the psychological education program will be higher than the pre-test scores.
2-1 : Compared to the control group, the experimental group received the psychological education program will show higher scores on the others-acceptance test.
2-2 : The post-test scores on the others-acceptance test of the experimental group received the psychological education program will be higher than the pre-test scores.
First of all, homogeneity tests were made between the experimental and the control group on dependent measures. To test above hypotheses, Independent t-tests and Paired t-tests were executed. The results of the study were as follows:
First, the scores of the experimental group students received the psychological education program appeared to be higher than the control group. Second, within the experimental group, the scores of the self-esteem of the post-test appeared to be higher than the pre-test. Third, the scores of the experimental group students received the psychological education program appeared to be higher than the control group, Fourth, within the experimental group, the scores of the others-acceptance test of the post-test appeared to be higher than the pre-test.
These results indicated that the psychological education program interventions were functioned as for improving self-esteem and increasing others-acceptance. The implications of the present study and the suggestions for further researches were suggested.