Examining the relationship between parents'self-esteem and students' self-esteem who attendhigh school ii nd grade having different programmes

ABSTRACT This research has been carried out in order to examine the relationship between parents? self -esteem and students? self - esteem who attend high school 2 nd grade having different programmes. The research has been applied to high schools 2 nd grade students attending Kırsehir city center high schools (Vocational, Normal, Super-Anatolian High School) during 2004-2005 Education year and their parents. ?Self - esteem Inventory? by Güngör has been used. In order to measure the students? and parents? self - esteem level. The scale consists of 75 questions, each including two sentences one of which is ? resembles me (1)? and the other is ?doesn?t resemble me (2)?. Students and parents have been asked to mark the suitable answers for themselves. The avarage of students? and parent? self - esteem points and standart error have been calculated to evaluate the results of self - esteem and to make comparisons and at last this data has been found out. Students? and parents? self-esteem points? avarage and standard error have been calculated and ranged as low, average, high. This data has been taken into consideration while students? and parents? self - esteem relationship is being studied. ?Individual Information Form? for students has been put in the first part of questionnaire form. This form includes students? age, sex, school, their parents? step or not, the number of children in the family, birth order, their parents? education level, their mathers? work situation. 200 questionnaires and personal information forms to the students in the schools, 200 questionnaires to mothers and 200 questionnaires to fathers, totally 600 qestionnaires , have been given. In the analysis of the gathered during the research, cross table has been made and relation coefficient of the data has been calculated. Considering the meaningfulness of relations coefficient, it has been concluded.Whether self-esteem is related to the variant which is being dealt with.Relation coefficient have been selected as 2 and gamma by taking the measurement levels of the variant being dealt with in to consideration.While 2 is IV being calculated, in the required situations, suitable groups have been combined, and likelihood has been taken into consideration where combination can?t be done. According to the results of the research; the existence of a meaningful relationship between students? self-esteem according to their school types and mothers? self-esteem has been found out (p=0.000<0.05). Between students? self - esteem according to the school types and father? self -esteem, a meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out (for normal high school p=0.096>0.05, for vocational high school p=0.597>0.05, for super/anatolian high school p=0.947>0.05). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self-esteem according to the school types and mothers? education level (for normal high school p=0.071>0.05, for vocational high school p=0.758>0.05, for super/anatolian high school p=0.350>0.05). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types fathers? education level (for normal high school p=0.694>0.05, for vocational high school p=0.953>0.05, for super/anatolian high school p=0.179>0.05). A meaningful relationship has been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types and mothers? work sitaution for vocational high school (p=0.048<0.05). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types and their sex (for normal high school p =0.690, for vocational high school p=0.261, for super/anatolian high school p=0.422). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types and their age (for normal high school p=0.515, for vocational high school p=0.390). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types and the number of children in the family has (for normal high school p=0.543>0.05, for vocational high school p=0.478>0.05, for super/anatolian high school p=0.892>0.05). A meaningful relationship hasn?t been found out between students? self - esteem according to the school types and the order of birth (normal high school p=0.990>0.05, for vocational high school p=0.732>0.05, for super/anatolian high school p=0.767>0.05). A relation hasn?t been found out between the type of school?s students attend and their self-esteem.