The purpose of this study was to examine how a music activity program affected the overall self-esteem of school-maladjusted teenagers and their general self-esteem, social self-esteem, home-related self-esteem, and school-related self-esteem, which w...
The purpose of this study was to examine how a music activity program affected the overall self-esteem of school-maladjusted teenagers and their general self-esteem, social self-esteem, home-related self-esteem, and school-related self-esteem, which were the subareas of self-esteem. The subjects in this study were 30 students who were selected from 308 fresh -men of S girls' middle school in the city of Bucheon, Gyeonggi province, after all of them who were at the age of 13 and 14 took a test by using a school maladjustment scale. The selected students, whose scores were 50 and below, were randomly grouped into an experimental group and a control group with 15 each. The experimental group participated in a music activity program 20 sessions during 10 weeks, twice a week, one hour each, and the control group didn't. The music activity program used in this study consisted of listening to music, singing, performing, creating and physical expression, and self-esteem of both groups were measured before and after the program was implemented.
The findings of the study were as follows :
First, the music activity program had a significant impact on the entire self- esteem of the students who fail to be adjust to school.
Second, concerning the impact of the music activity program on their four self-esteem subareas, that program exerted a significant influence on their general self-esteem, but that had no statistically significant impact on their social self-esteem, home-related self-esteem and school-related self-esteem.
It's required to pay special attention to the self-esteem scores of both groups. They got the same marks in home-related self-esteem only, and as for social self-esteem and school-related self-esteem, they scored less in posttest than in pretest. This finding showed that well-planned, prolonged support should be provided to school-maladjusted students, and a lack of such support is likely to end up solidifying their maladjustment.