Contributing Factors of Low Self-Confidence Among Children Ages 10-13 Years Old
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Authors
Arauz, Lindaliz
Issue Date
2007
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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This study explored the various factors that contribute to self-confidence among children ages 10-13 years old, taken from the perspective of the children. The study design used descriptive phenomenology and called for interview-based data from the children (N=2) describing a specific time when they felt their best, as well as comparing that best performance to their worst. A. Giorgi (1997) describes the descriptive phenomenology method in four steps include: 1) obtaining a sense of the whole of each description, 2) the discrimination of meaning units, 3) the transformation of the participant's daily expressions into psychologically sensitive language, and 4) the synthesis of transformed meaning units into a consistent statement of constituents contributing to confidence among children were used to analyze the data. The data revealed the following six constituents contributing to a child's self-confidence from the viewpoint of the child: evaluation (of oneself and from others), focus (on oneself and external outcomes), preparation (mental and physical), experience, defeating opponents, and social aspect (interaction with peers). Although most of the findings were congruent with the existing research (e.g., focus, preparation, experience, and defeating opponents), there were some results (e.g., evaluation and social) that have not been found as factors contributing to confidence in children.. Since this study provides a more in-depth look at children's perspective on self-confidence, it is recommended that different conceptions of confidence, both from children and researchers, be considered in the study of selfÂconfidence among children.