Impact of Perceived Teachers support on Students self-Esteem

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the Self-Esteem as a function of Emotional Intelligence among hearing impaired students. It was hypothesized that there exists a positive correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Self Esteem among hearing impaired students. Furthermore it was also assumed that the Self-Esteem of males hearing impaired students will be higher than the hearing impaired female students. The sample size of the participants of the study of 50 adolescents (age range 12-18). All the participants completed the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (Short Form) - developed by Bar-On and Parker (2000) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) - developed by Rosenberg (1965). The results did support the first hypothesis and there was no positive correlation between the two variables according the statistical analysis. However according to the statistical analysis done, the second hypothesis of the study was accepted and the results did verify that males hearing impaired students have higher Self-Esteem as compared to females hearing impaired students.