Effect of Self-Esteem Enhancement Programme (SEP) Among Adolescents with Low Self-Esteem in the Rural High Schools at Bankura, West Bengal

A quasi-experimental study was adopted on effect of self-esteem enhancement programme (SEP) among adolescents with low self-esteem in the rural High Schools at Bankura, West Bengal. The objectives of the study were to assess the self-esteem of adolescents of rural Schools at Bankura, West Bengal, to evaluate the effect of self-esteem enhancement programme on adolescents with low self-esteem by comparing the pre-test and post-test self-esteem score and to determine the association between pretest self-esteem score of the adolescents with selected demographic variables. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy General System Theory 1968. One group pre-test post-test research design was selected. Nonprobability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the setting and non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used to select 92 low self-esteem adolescent students. Semi-structured demographic proforma and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were administered to collect data. The study findings revealed that self-esteem enhancement programme was effective to increase the self-esteem score of low self-esteem adolescents as evidenced from paired ‘t’ value between pre-test and post-test self-esteem score (‘t’=23.10, p=0.05). The chi-square value computed between pre-test self-esteem scores with selected demographic variables like monthly family income of low self-esteem adolescets were found to be significantly associated with df (1) at 0.01 level of significance. The study has implication for nursing practice, education, administration, research. The similar study can be conducted with a large sample in different settings for wider generalization.