A Study on Self Esteem of Higher Secondary Level Students of Lakhimpur District, Assam.

Abstract

Self-Esteem is a popular concept, which everyone understands in modern age. Increased awareness and importance regarding self-esteem is due to its reflection on overall development of an individual. The increased interest among scientists in studying Self Esteem over the past several decades is reflected in the extensive literature on correlates of Self-Esteem. Secondary stage is a crucial stage in which adolescent’s behavioral, physical, social and emotional needs are change. At this stage adolescents are more conscious to analyses self. So, esteem or good feelings towards self at this stage plays a most significant role. That's why researchers in Lakhimpur District, Assam, set out to learn more about the confidence of high school students there. Five hundred and eighty (580.0) students in the Lakhimpur District of Assam's secondary education system were used in the research. The study relied on the researcher's 2019 version of the Self Esteem Inventory (SEI), a standardized assessment instrument. The final self-esteem assessment has 40 items, which are broken down into 8 categories. Both English and Assamese versions of the inventory were created by the researcher. A value of 0.88 was discovered to characterize the SEI's dependability. The inventory's assertions have a high level of content validity since they were derived from the feedback of experts. The data was analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, and 't' test. The study's results showed that Lakhimpur District, Assam's high school pupils' self-esteem varied significantly depending on whether they lived in a rural or an urban area. Research conducted in the Lakhimpur District of Assam among both male and female pupils at the secondary school level found no significant gender differences in terms of self-esteem.