Comparing self- esteem in girl and boy M.Sc. students of Tehran universities.

Vahideh Fatemi¹ Simin Hoseinian²

1) M.Sc.
2) Faculty member

IOI Code : XYCH-AEBHK
Publication : 3rd International conference on Management , Economics and Humanities(icmeh.org)
Abstract :
    Many of human s problems are happened in relation with his self-esteem situation. If he know his validity, he will be more strong when facing negative senses and annoying thoughts and then he can make harmony between his believes and acts. In this research self-esteem have been compared between female and male students. Statistical population was all of MSc students of 10 big universities in Tehran that included 6110 persons. Studied statistical sample was 360 students that have been chosen randomly from five universities. Cooper Smith questionnaire was used to gather the information. Descriptive statistical methods and inferential statistical methods (Pearson’s correlation and t-test) were used for data analysis. The obtained results show that there is no meaningful difference in self-esteem of female and male students. Results indicate that although it is near to mind that male students may have more self-esteem in comparison with females, but some social conditions like acceptability of academic educations lead to high self-esteem in female students.

Keywords : self esteem female and male students cooper smith test