The effects of a specially structured seven week physical education class upon the self-concepts of low self-esteem tenth grade girls

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Genelle Faye Samuels (Creator)
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Gail Hennis

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a specially structured seven week physical education class upon the self-concepts of low self-esteem tenth grade girls. The study was conducted at Ben L. Smith Senior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina with twenty-eight students serving as subjects, fourteen as members of the seven week experimental class and fourteen as controls. Prior to and following the seven week period each subject rated herself on Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and was rated on her self-esteem by two of her teachers using Coopersmith's Behavior Rating Form (BRF). Non-parametric techniques were used in the treatment of the statistical data. The Fisher exact probability test revealed that the experimental group scored significantly higher on the post test self-esteem inventory than did the control group. The Sign test showed there were no significant changes within either group from pre to post test on SEI and BRF scores, grade point averages or days present in school. In case studies kept on the experimental subjects, several of them showed increased self-confidence and self-direction in their physical education activities.

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Language: English
Date: 1969

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