The Relationship Between Emotional Stability and Self-Esteem Among Adolescents (Aged 13-16) in Public Schools in Irbid Qasabah

Anas Ramadan Ibrahim Al-Masri ,Mohammed Ma’abreh

doi:10.7176/jep/11-15-20

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the relationship between emotional stability and self-esteem among adolescents (aged 13-16) in public schools in Irbid qasabah and to identify the differences in both emotional stability and self-esteem according to the difference in the following demographic variables: gender, age. The sample of the study consisted of (200) male and female students from the basic stage in public school in Irbid qasabah. The researchers used the emotional stability scale and the self-esteem scale as tools of the study. The results of the study indicate that there is a high and positive correlation coefficient between the emotional stability and the self-esteem. It also shows that there is a statistical significance of the predictive capacity for the level of self-esteem through the emotional stability and there are no statistical significance differences in the emotional stability and self-esteem according to the difference of the variables, gender and age. Keywords: Emotional stability, Self-esteem, adolescence. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-15-20 Publication date: May 31 st 2020

Highlights

Emotions are a significant element in the life of each person, as they are connected to every aspect of the daily life of the individual that make his life enjoyable and varied
This study aimed to address the emotional stability and its relationship to self-esteem among adolescents aged (1316 years) in public schools in Irbid qasabah, because it is considered a transitional stage from childhood to adolescence and is a period of preparation for maturity and adulthood
Results related to the first question: What is the level of emotional stability among adolescents in Irbid qasabah? To answer this question, the mean and standard deviations of the "emotional stability" scale were extracted according to the variables, and a two-way ANOVA test was applied to detect the differences for the "emotional stability" scale according to the gender and age variables

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Emotions are a significant element in the life of each person, as they are connected to every aspect of the daily life of the individual that make his life enjoyable and varied. Emotions have multiple negative effects that can influence the thought of a person in a way that can not make sound decisions, since he may lose his emotional stability, his ability to control himself and his will.Negative emotions render a person vulnerable to disruptions, which for the simplest reasons leads, to a loss of control over his actions and emotion and produces strong emotions that may not be compatible with the simplicity of the situation he faces, emotional stability is necessary for psychological integrative development, such as the integrative thinking and awareness. Emotion is one of the systems that make up the individual in his outward appearance, expressing a group of movements resulting from the instability which leads to exacerbation of this instability and exceeding the limits of moderate activity (Sulieman, 2006). Chaturvedi and Chander (2012) believes that emotional stability is a construct consisting of a group of components which are calm, optimistic, endurance, emotional independence, the ability to use logic to control emotions and the ability to empathize with the emotions of others

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