The relationship between stress and self-esteem among pre-university students

Abstract

This research is to identify the relationship between stress and self-esteem among pre-university students in Shahputra College. It is a correlational study, where 283 sample students were selected from two major of studies, which are science and art, using random sampling method. Research tools used to gather data for this research is a set of questionnaires: 1) Section A: Demographic Information; 2) Section B: Hari Stress Inventory (HSI); 3) Section C: Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI). Results from answers to the questionnaires circulated to the students were collected and analysed using statistical procedure in the software programme named Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16th version. Descriptive statistics will be used to find the mean, frequency and percentage of respondent's gender, major of studies, socioeconomic status, level of stress and level of self-esteem. The relationship and difference of each variable are analysed and assessed using Inferential Statistic: Pearson Correlation, Independent t-test and One Way ANOVA.