Development and Validation of the Self-Esteem Scale of Toulouse (etes) in Vietnam
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- 4.2. The Emergence of Academic—Future Self
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4.1. The Importance of Familial Self A noticeable thing that we recorded over 2 studies was the importance of Fa- milial self in self-esteem of Vietnamese adolescents. The results of factor analysis obtained in both studies confirm the existence of 12 items with scientific data that are statistically significant. We believe this could be explained based on the cultural-social reality in Vietnam. Accordingly, even though there have been major changes in Vietnam society, family have always played an important role in the process of formation and development of Vietnamese adolescents’ perso- nalities. Especially, in Eastern countries such as Vietnam, where people value sense over sensibility, family has such strong influences on each individual’s perception of themselves as a family member. The life philosophies “blood is thicker than water” (một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã), “brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet” (anh em như thể tay chân) (Vietnamese proverb)... have imprinted into the sub-consciousness of Vietnamese people in general as well as teenagers in particular. Therefore, among the aspects of self-esteem of Vietnamese adolescents, the familial factor has always appeared as a stable and everlasting one. 4.2. The Emergence of Academic—Future Self We believe that the combination of academic self and future self into one factor is totally understandable in cultural-social context of Vietnam. Under the influ- ence of three major regions (Confucianism-Taoism-Buddhism), Vietnamese people have always put emphasis on education since ancient times. In fact, in some periods in the history, pursuing an education was considered the only way to success in society. Therefore, even though Vietnamese society has gone through many changes, most people still believe that their future depends on Table 3. Test-retest reliability of the Self-esteem scale of Vietnamese adolescents (n = 94). Intraclass correlation coefficient (95% CI) p-value Family self 0.92 (0.86 - 0.95) <0.001 Physical self 0.90 (0.84 - 0.94) <0.001 Academic-Future self 0.87 (0.82 - 0.90) <0.001 Social self 0.88 (0.84 - 0.89) <0.001 Emotional self 0.90 (0.86 - 0.92) <0.001 T. T. Linh et al. 123 their learning outcomes at schools. Good academic results lead to a good future and vice versa. Vietnamese adolescents seem to be imbued with this belief. Therefore, it is easy to explain why they perceive their future in connection with their academic ability at school. Moreover, we believe that there is another reason that can be used to explain why future self is not an independent factor but it is closely related to the future self area of Vietnamese adolescents’ self-esteem. That is the fact that there are many shortcomings in the work of vocational guidance for young people in Vietnam. Schools offer no detailed vocational guidance for students. Mass media do not provide much relevant information in this area. Hence, most of Viet- namese students do not have the habit of setting future plans. It seems like all they know is to focus on studying with a firm belief that they would get any de- sired job once they have a college/university degree. The consequence is that the familial self has not been recognized independently in Vietnamese adolescents’ self esteem, which was pointed out by previous research [4] [20] [21] . tải về 309.61 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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