The purpose of this study was to compare the self-esteem and the social support of normal students with those of students with school refusal experience in a high school and provide data to prevent previously and intervene school refusal behaviors.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the self-esteem and the social support of normal students with those of students with school refusal experience in a high school and provide data to prevent previously and intervene school refusal behaviors.
The subjects were 100 students from four high schools in changwon and Kimhae. Among them 25 boys and 25 girls were normal students, and 25 boys and 25 girls were students with school refusal experience.
Self-Esteem Scale and Harter's Social Support Scale was applied to compare the self-esteem and the social support. Self-Esteem Scale has two sub-scales of positive(5-items) and negative(5-items) self-esteem and Harter's Social Support has three sub-scales of friend-support(13-items), classmate-support(11-items) and parent-support(6-items). F-test was applied to compare the averages of normal students with those of students with school refusal experience. And f-test was fulfilled at the p=.05 level of significance.
The results of this study were as follows:
First, normal students and students with school refusal experience showed differences at the p=.05 level of significance in positive self-esteem.
Second, in positive self-esteem, normal boys and boys with school refusal experience didn't show meaningful differences, while normal girls and girls with school refusal experience showed differences at the p=.05 level of significance.
Third, normal students and students with school refusal experience showed meaningful differences peripherally in negative self-esteem.
Fourth, in negative self-esteem, normal boys and boys with school refusal experience didn't show meaningful differences, while normal girls and girls with school refusal experience showed differences at the p=.05 level of significance.
Fifth, normal students and students with school refusal experience didn't show differences at the p=.05 level of significance in friend- support.
Sixth, in friend-support, normal boys and boys with school refusal experience showed meaningful differences peripherally, while normal girls and girls with school refusal experience didn't show differences at the p=.05 level of significance.
Seventh, normal students and students with school refusal experience showed meaningful differences peripherally in classmate-support.
Eighth, in classmate-support, normal boys and boys with school refusal experience didn't show differences at the p=.05 level of significance, and normal girls and girls with school refusal experience didn't show differences at the p=.05 level of significance as well.
Ninth, normal students and students with school refusal experience showed differences at the p= .05 level of significance in parent-support.
Lastly, in parent-support, normal boys and boys with school refusal experience showed meaningful differences peripherally, while normal girls and girls with school refusal experience didn't show differences at the p=.05 level of significance.