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Attempting to Develop Healthy Self-Esteem Through Public Demonstrations of Musical Competence: Debunking Misconceptions and Calling for Value-Based Enhancement Programs
| Title: | Attempting to Develop Healthy Self-Esteem Through Public Demonstrations of Musical Competence: Debunking Misconceptions and Calling for Value-Based Enhancement Programs |
| Author: | Lucas, Jennifer R. |
| Description: | The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a music-based intervention program on the self-esteem levels of elementary students. All subjects in the control and treatment groups were pretested with Harter's (1985) self-perception profile for children, What I Am Like. After a ten-week intervention with the treatment group, all subjects were posttested with the same survey. The quantitative results showed that mean gains in perceptions of global self-worth, scholastic competence, social acceptance, athletic competence, physical appearance, or behavioral conduct could not be explained by participation in the musical treatment group. However, in semi-structured interviews, twenty of the twenty-one members of the treatment group reported valuing their participation in the intervention, and some individuals in both the treatment and control groups experienced gains in global self-worth and/or other dimensions of self-esteem from pretest to posttest. These results suggest that self-esteem intervention programs may need to be individualized based on a person's self-esteem strengths and weaknesses, or that interventions may need to be administered to groups with common interests and values in order to be effective. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206035483
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/15412 |
| Date: | 2008 |
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