A descriptive study of children and self-esteem in relation to socio-economic status, 1994
Smith, Ronaldia
1990-1999
The overall objective of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between a child's level of self-esteem and socio-economic status and the forces that impound self-esteem. To attain this objective the following areas were addressed: 1) general self-esteem, 2) peer relations, 3) home relations, and 4) school relations. A self-esteem questionnaire was administered to fourth and fifth grade students at an inner city school in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. A population of 60 students were surveyed. The researcher hypothesized that there was no statistical significance relationship between self-esteem and socio-economic status. The study was an attempt to demonstrate that there was no relationship between self-esteem and socio-economic status and to discuss the subsystems of peer, home, and school. The findings revealed that the children had a hiqh level of self-esteem and that there was no correlation between self-esteem and socio-economic status.
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1994-05-01
thesis
Master of Science (MS)
Clark Atlanta University
School of Social Work
Ward, Naomi T.
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1994_smith_ronaldia