Life Events and Self-esteem of Middle School Students in Rural Area of Anhui Province
- VernacularTitle:安徽省某县农村中学生生活事件与自尊的关系
- Author:
Shun ZHANG
;
Liangfeng WANG
;
Yehuan SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
self-esteem;
cross-sectional study;
middle school students;
life events;
rural area
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the correlation between life events and self-esteem, so as to provide scientific evidence for strengthening the mental health education of rural middle school students. Methods:A survey was conducted among 2489 students(male:1319,female:1170) in two rural middle school of Anhui province by the cluster sampling methods. Self-esteem and life events were assessed with the Self-Esteem Scale (SES) and Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC).Results:472 students (19.0) had problems on the self-esteem,15.7 boys and 22.6 girls were low self-esteem. The differences between genders had statistical significance (?~2=19.52,P
