The effects of a self-awareness and communication skills seminar workshop on self-esteem

• Main Author: Sulit, Cynthia D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1986
• Subjects: Self-esteem; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1286
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study develops, implements and evaluates a self-awareness and communication skills seminar workshop to enhance the self-esteem of a randomly selected group of low self-concept sixth grade students of Manresa School, BF Homes, Paranaque. The subjects of this study were sixth grade students who were identified by the PHSCS results as having low self-esteem. The pretest-posttest control group modified design was employed in the study with only the experimental group being exposed to the treatment (four-Saturday seminar workshop) designed to enhance the self-esteem of the participants. The t-test was used to determine the significance of differences between the mean scores of the control and experimental groups. The following are the findings of the study: 1. The subjects of the experimental group who received the treatment demonstrated an increase in self-esteem level (t=4.58, df=15, p < .05) while those in the control group failed to demonstrate any increase in the self-esteem level (t=0.13, df=19, p > .05). The difference in the delayed posttest mean scores of the control and experimental group in the PHSCS reached statistical significance (t=2.99, df=34, p < .05) which verifies further the effectiveness of the seminar workshop in the enhancing of the self-esteem. From the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: 1. The seminar workshop is, as a whole, effective in enhancing the self-esteem of sixth grade students belonging to the same socio-economic level as the participants. 2. The seminar workshop is capable of effecting benefits to the participants, other than what the seminar workshop intends to bring out, such as the ability to interact and communicate with confidence. 3. The four-Saturday Self-Awareness and Communication Skills Seminar Workshop could facilitate the works of the guidance counselors who want to help more students with low self-esteem in a shorter period of time. 4. Grade six norms gathered on the PHSCS which could serve as useful reference in the field of testing and counseling.