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Original Article A Study on the Relationship between Self-Esteem and Meaning of Life in Higher Grade Elementary School Students
Kyung Ah Kang, Shin Jeong Kim, Mi Kyung Song

DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: September 30, 2009
1Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Korea. kangka@syu.ac.kr
2Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.
3Heungmu Elementary School, Korea.
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between self-esteem and meaning of life in higher grade elementary school students.
METHODS
Four hundred eighty four elementary school students in their 4 ~ 6th-grade at S, G and C City were recruited by convenient sampling. Data were collected from August to October, 2008 using a self-reported questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program with mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Duncan's test, and Pearson's correlation.
RESULTS
The average score of meaning of life was 3.07 +/- 0.38 and that of self-esteem was 3.43 +/- 0.62. There were significant differences in self-esteem according to variables region and religion, and in meaning of life scores according to variables region, grade, sex and religion. There was a significant positive correlation between self-esteem and meaning of life.
CONCLUSION
Self-esteem and meaning of life should be considered as important factors for healthy development in the elementary school period. Self-esteem should be considered as a main content in developing programs for finding meaning of life for higher grade elementary school students.

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