LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 1 January 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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A Comparative Study of the Public and Private Sector Universities Students’ Self Esteem

Fauzia Khurshid, Ph.D.
Khurshid Ahmad
Sadia Yasin

Abstract

Present research was designed to measure the differences between self-esteem of master level students of private and public sector universities. In this study, Factor Loadings Self Esteem Scale developed by Rifai (1999) was used for the measurement of self-esteem. A sample of 100 university students was collected through stratified random sampling; among them 56 were male and 44 female students. Students’ age ranged from 20-30 years and their income level ranged from 40,000 to 80,000 per month.

The psychometric properties of the scale showed that it was a reliable and valid tool for the measurement of the self-esteem of university students. Statistical tests including mean, SD, correlation, and ANOVA were used to test the research hypotheses.

Results revealed that there is a significant difference between levels of self-esteem of the students of private and public sector universities (private mean= 85.5, public mean=72.). It also indicated that demographic variables, of gender, semesters, discipline, and family income affect in determining the level of self-esteem among the university students.

Keywords: Self-Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Academic Competence, Physical & Social Acceptance, and Self-competence, Private and Public Sector.

Human beings have the capability of being conscious of their unique existence (self), the degree of liking or disliking themselves is known as self-esteem. Rogers (as cited in Rathus, 2001) defined self as a center of experiences; he believes that people have a positive feelings about themselves, as they become aware of themselves, they develop a need of esteem for the self and use different set of dimensions in defining and judging themselves according to the sets of values.

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Fauzia Khurshid, Ph.D. (Corresponding Author)
Associate Professor
Department of Education
National University of Modern Languages
Islamabad, Pakistan
nimra2000@hotmail.com

Khurshid Ahmad
Director Management Information System, National Highway Authority Islamabad
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Sadia Yasin
Research Scholar
Education Department
National University of Modern Languages
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