Self-Esteem Program on Ability of Stress Management of Grade 12 Students

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were (1) to compare the average score of stress management of grade 12 students between the experimental and control group, (2) to compare the average score of the stress level of grade 12 students between the experimental and control group. The samples were selected by the purposive sampling technique from grade 12 students in The Satreesetthabutbumpen School with an average stress level of 3 (High Level) to include 60 people to enter the experimental group of 30 people and the control group of 30 people. The research instruments were a Self-esteem program, according to the hierarchy of Cyprus’s self-esteem Enhancement consisted of 16 activities, participate in activities 2 times per week for 8 weeks. The instrument used to gather data included the consisted of cognitive and practical the stress management test, Stress test-20 (SPST-20). The statistical methods used for data analysis were 1) Paired-Sample t-test were used to compare the average score of stress management in the experimental group before and after. 2) Independent Samples t-test were used to compare the average score of stress management in the experimental and control group at a statistically significant level.05.

          The results of the research were as follows 1) after the experimentation, the experimental group had higher average scores on cognitive and practical the stress management than the control group at a statistically significant level.05, and 2) after the experimentation, the experimental group had a stress level lower than the control group at a statistically significant level.05.