A study on self esteem before and after hugging among adolescent girls in selected orphanage, Bangalore

Leela, Devamony (2010) A study on self esteem before and after hugging among adolescent girls in selected orphanage, Bangalore. Masters thesis, Annai J.K.K. Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, Komarapalayam.

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Abstract

A study on ‘self esteem before and after hugging among adolescent girls in selected orphanage, Bangalore, was undertaken by 30083643 as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Master of Science in nursing at Annai JKK Sampoorani Ammal College Of Nursing, under Tamilnadu Dr. MGR University during the year 2008-2010. The objectives of the study were, 1) To assess the self esteem before and after hugging among adolescent girls 2) To test the association between mean difference self esteem and selected factors of adolescent girls. The research hypothesis formulated were, H1) There will be a significant difference in self esteem before and after hugging among adolescent girls. H2) There will be no significant association between mean difference self esteem among adolescent girls and selected factors, such as age, education, availability of parents, and number of close friends, leisure time activity, chronic physical problems, rank and body image. An evaluative approach was used to find out the effectiveness of hugging on self esteem among adolescent girls. The review of literature was done and organized under various aspects, on studies related to self esteem and adolescents, studies related to hugging and studies related to touch and self esteem. The conceptual framework of this study was based on nursing process model. The approach selected for this study was evaluative in nature and the research design was pre-experimental design to be precise one group pretest post test design. Study was conducted among 30 adolescent girls who were selected by total enumeration method. The tool developed and used for data collection was a standardized Rosenberg’s self esteem scale. Five experts validated the tool. Reliability was established by test re-test method and the reliability coefficient was found to be (r=0.76) high. Pilot study was conducted among 5 adolescent girls who were in Chansandra, church of hope orphanage, Bangalore. Main study was conducted in Bangalore, Sunshine orphanage. Study samples were selected based on total enumeration method. The data gathered were analyzed by using SPSS (version.10) software. Inferential statistics was used to evaluate the effectiveness of hugging among adolescent girls. The result showed that there was a significant (p<0.05) increase in self esteem after hugging among adolescent girls and there was no significant association in relation to selected factors and the mean difference in self –esteem except the number of visits. The conclusion of the study was that, hugging was effective in increasing self esteem among adolescent girls. The implications, recommendations and conclusion have been stated adequately.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information: Reg.No.30083643
Uncontrolled Keywords: Self Esteem, Before and After Hugging, Adolescent Girls, Orphanage, Bangalore.
Subjects: NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing
Depositing User: Ramakrishnan J
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2018 07:19
Last Modified: 30 Aug 2020 02:16
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/5470

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