The relationship between self-esteem and vandalism on high school students <p> Lise öğrencilerinin özsaygı ve tahripçi davranışları arasındaki ilişki
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 12, Issue 2
Abstract
This study aims to determine the relationship between self-esteem and vandalism levels of on high school freshmen students. The data of this correlational study was obtained through the Vandalism Scale, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale and Personal Information Form developed for his study. The sample of this research consists of 1225 students in public high schools freshmens in the Şanlıurfa province and district centers. Of the whole research group, 587 are female and 638 are male students. The relationship between the vandalism and self-esteem levels of student was investigated with the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients. In addition, the calculations on the self-esteem of students predicting their vandalism levels were carried out with the simple regression analysis. Analyzing the binary correlation between vandalism and self-esteem, it was found that the relationship was negatively and significantly. In predicting vandalism scores from all the variables in the study, the self-esteem scores of students with the simple regression analysis, self-esteem scores explained the 3% of the total variance in vandalism scores. Negative correlation between these two variables indicates that individuals having high self-esteem have less vandalism tendencies. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, lise birinci sınıf düzeyinde eğitim gören öğrencilerin tahripçilik ve özsaygıları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir. Korelasyonel türden bir çalışma olan bu araştırma verileri Tahripçilik Ölçeği, Coopersmith Özsaygı Ölçeği ve geliştirilen Kişisel Bilgi Formu ile elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemi, Şanlıurfa ili ve ilçe merkezlerinin devlet okullarının genel liselerinde okuyan 1225 lise birinci sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Bunların 587’si kız, 638’i ise erkek öğrencilerden oluşturmaktadır. Öğrencilerin özsaygı düzeylerinin tahripçi davranışlarını yordama gücü basit regresyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Öğrencilerin özsaygı ölçeği puanlarının tahripçilik puanlarındaki varyansın %3'ünü açıkladığı bulunmuştur. Bu iki değişken arasındaki ilişkinin negatif olması özsaygısı yüksek bireylerin tahripçi davranışlarının daha az olduğunu göstermektedir.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Emin Kalgı, Ramin Aliyev
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