PROFILUL ADOLESCENŢILOR CU STIMĂ DE SINE SCĂZUTĂ ŞI RAPORTAREA ACESTORA LA VALORILE MORALE ŞI RELIGIOASE
THE PROFILE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MORAL AND RELIGIOUS VALUES

Author(s): Monica Opriş, Dorin Opriş
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Theology and Religion, School education, Personality Psychology
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: self-esteem; adolescent; depression; religious values; moral values; church attendance; statistical analysis; non-parametric tests;
Summary/Abstract: Through the present study, we aimed to provide data for creating a profile of adolescents with low self-esteem, depending on different variables. Complementarily, we wanted to find out how this category of students relates to moral and religious values and whether attending church is understood as a benchmark for getting out of this state. We capitalized on the research data collected through a questionnaire administered to over 700 high school students in Romania. We considered two statements with a negative connotation from M. Rosenberg's self-esteem scale: "Sometimes I think I'm worth nothing", respectively "Sometimes I think about myself that I'm a loser". The data show that for both statements there are no statistically significant differences depending on gender, place of residence, family size. Regarding the class the students belong to, for the first statement there are statistically significant differences, i.e. the lowest average of the ranks is recorded for students from the 9th grade. Thus, we can say that we have the opportunity to meet both girls and boys with low self-esteem.

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