Abstract
The study aimed at predicting the defeatist behavior through determining self-esteem among undergraduate female students majoring in kindergarten at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. The descriptive correlative method was used to accomplish the study’s findings. The study sample consisted of 41 female students of the academic year (2018/2019). For the purpose of collecting data, two scales were used: the first one is Rosenberg’s (1989) scale for self-esteem and the second is Kabatay’s (1999) scale to measure the students’ defeatist behavior. Results of the study showed that self-esteem among the female students is at a lower level, whereas their level of defeatist behavior is medium. The results also showed that there was an inverse correlation between self-esteem and the defeatist behavior.
Highlights
The reason for many researchers’ interest in studying self-esteem variable and its influence on individuals causing them experience changes or transformations and crisis, is that self-esteem is a positive trait in the personality that has a correlation with other positive traits
The results showed that there was an inverse correlation between self-esteem and the defeatist behavior
2) Is it possible to predict the defeatist behavior through level of self-esteem among the female students majoring in Kindergarten at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University?
Summary
The reason for many researchers’ interest in studying self-esteem variable and its influence on individuals causing them experience changes or transformations and crisis, is that self-esteem is a positive trait in the personality that has a correlation with other positive traits. University adults are identified to embrace certain needs, trends, and lifestyle that differ from other categories If those needs are not satisfied, this may generate the feeling of defeatism and disappointment (Al-Tameemi, 2013). Defeatist behavior means that the individual surrenders to negative defeatist thoughts and lacks the basis for his mental purity and all the defensive tricks As if he looks through a distorted window, instead of viewing reality clearly, he perceives a distorted, ambiguous and unclear image of reality, which in turn leads to lower levels of self-esteem (Fakhri, 2014). Self-esteem is considered as one of the basic human needs which everyone seeks to fulfill and exerts great efforts to attain it This fact has been asserted by Maslow (1970) in his theory about human’s basic needs, which he classified in a pyramidal sequence according to the individual’s priority in terms of satisfying them. There are certain concepts used to reflect self-esteem like appreciating the external appearance or the body
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