Impact of an educational program on improving adolescent’s selfconcept and self- esteem at orphans in Assiut city | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2016, Page 97-107 PDF (307.4 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.105186 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Kamal Hassan1; Nora Abdelhamid Zaki2; Hekmat Ibrahim Abed ElKreem3; Zamzam Ahmed Ahmed4 | ||||
| 1CommunityHealthNursing-Faculty of Nursing. - Assiut University | ||||
| 2Pediatric Nursing-Faculty of Nursing. - Assiut University | ||||
| 3Pediatric Nursing,-Faculty of Nursing. - Assiut University | ||||
| 4Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing. - Assiut University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Self-concept and self-esteem are two crucial components of our lives, it is important for adolescents to develop a positive self-concept and high self-esteem in order to better their chances for a happy and satisfying adulthood. Adolescent are likely to be influenced by the environment where they are brought up. Orphaned adolescents represent a vulnerable sector of the population. The adverse past life experiences of institutionalized adolescents have far reaching ramifications on affective, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological development. This study aimed to assess the impact of educational program on adolescents self-concept and self-esteem at orphanage's in Assiut city through;(a) assess adolescents self-concept and self-esteem ( orphans' group and control group (b)develop educational program based on the pre assessment of the orphans adolescent the self-concept and self-esteem (c) assess the impact of the educational program on the orphans group by remeasuring their self-concept and self- esteem. A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the study at secondary and preparatory schools (Dar Elhanan and Lillian, one preparatory and secondary schools in Assiut city. It included 80 adolescents' divided into 40 from orphanages (study group) and 40 from schools (control group), aged from 12 to 18 years. Data collection tools were self-administrated questionnaire; self concept and self- esteem scale used in pre-post testing the effect of a training program. The study revealed that low self- esteem in pre-intervention and negative self- concept. Statistically significant improvements of self- esteem and self-concept were demonstrated at the post intervention assessment of students in the study. Statistically significant relations were shown between age, self- concept and self –esteem, the study was concluded that positive self -concept was correlated with high self- esteem. It is recommended that the developed program and its booklet be applied in all similar settings. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Male adolescences; Self-concept; self-esteem; orphanages; school | ||||
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