tailieunhanh - A study on impact of ageing on self esteem

Old age involves a number of other changes that might contribute to declines in selfesteem, including spousal loss, decreased social support, declining physical health, cognitive impairments. Main objective of the study is to measure impact of ageing on selfesteem of older people and to find the factors affecting the self-esteem of older people. Self -esteem of the respondents was measured on three different aspects- Performance selfesteem, Social self-esteem and Appearance self-esteem. Result indicated that nearly half of the respondents had medium and high level of Performance self-esteem and medium level of Social self-esteem. Majority of the respondents had medium level of Appearance selfesteem followed by low level of Appearance self-esteem. It was found that the respondents who have higher level of education had high level of performance self –esteem. | 2019 8 2 1747-1751 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 02 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https A Study on Impact of Ageing on Self Esteem Reena Rawal1 and Anshu2 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar-125004 Haryana India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Old age Psychological Wellbeing and SelfEsteem Article Info Accepted 15 January 2019 Available Online 10 February 2019 Old age involves a number of other changes that might contribute to declines in selfesteem including spousal loss decreased social support declining physical health cognitive impairments. Main objective of the study is to measure impact of ageing on selfesteem of older people and to find the factors affecting the self-esteem of older people. Self -esteem of the respondents was measured on three different aspects- Performance selfesteem Social self-esteem and Appearance self-esteem. Result indicated that nearly half of the respondents had medium and high level of Performance self-esteem and medium level of Social self-esteem. Majority of the respondents had medium level of Appearance selfesteem followed by low level of Appearance self-esteem. It was found that the respondents who have higher level of education had high level of performance self -esteem. Introduction Self-esteem is a psychological term that reflects a person s overall evaluation of his or her worth it encompasses beliefs I am competent I am worthy and emotions triumph despair pride and shame . It is used to describe a person s overall sense of selfworth or personal value Cherry 2010 . It is basically one s opinion about one s self. People with a strong sense of self-efficacy can view challenges as tasks to be mastered while they develop deeper interests in the task or activities .