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    title: effect of the Bi/Polar Seminar on the self-esteem of Hearne high school students
  name:
    name part: Bonorden, Dorothy Anne Edwards.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Stark, Stephen L.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Barker, Donald G.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Oates, Arnold D.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Rieber, Lloyd P.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1993
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiii, 114 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
  abstract: Self-esteem is an important need in a person which affects all aspects of life. It affects one's mental health, educational achievement, and relationships with others. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent that the Bi/Polar Seminar does or does not enhance the self-esteem in Hearne High School students. An experimental research methodology was used to gather data from ar. experimental and control group. This research was conducted for the purpose of explaining the effects of three independent variable (treatment, gender, and ethnicity) and their interaction on a dependent variable, the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory. Eight Bi/Polar Seminars were conducted with 262 high school students involved. Four of the Seminars were for the experimental group and four were for the control group. Students were given the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory as a pretest and posttest. The first research question concerning gains in self-esteem by those who participated in the Bi/Polar Seminar found that students had statistically significant gains. The second question looking for significant differences between gains in males and females found that both gained but the only statistically significant gain was among females in the area of personal self-esteem which includes depression, anxiety, sensitivity and worry. The third question looked for gains by ethnicity. All ethnic groups gained as a result of the treatment. The only significant difference in gains was the area of social self-esteem or relationships with others. The fourth question looked at interaction between the Bi/Polar Seminar and gender. Two areas of self-esteem proved significant for females: general self-esteem (feelings of success, happiness, importance) and total self-esteem. The last question dealt with interaction between the Bi/Polar Seminar and ethnicity. Although there was an increase in all areas, only one area, social self-esteem, was statistically significant. In this area, Hispanic stud…
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major subject: Educational Administration."
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1993
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    topic: Self-esteem
    topic: Testing
  subject:
    topic: High school students
    geographic: Texas
    geographic: Hearne
  subject:
    topic: Self-esteem in adolescence
  subject:
    topic: Major educational administration
  subject:
    topic: High school students
  subject:
    geographic: Texas
    geographic: Hearne
  classification: BF724.3.S36 B66 1993a
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 950510
    record change date: 20200904152649.0
    record identifier: in00001237951
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng