The effect of self-scrutiny on improving women’s self-esteem: A case study of Esfahan women

Abstract: The proposed study of this paper investigates the effect of self-scrutiny on improving women’s self-esteem among 50 women who live in city of Esfahan, Iran. There are five hypotheses associated with the proposed study of this paper, which investigate whether teaching self-scrutiny skills increase women’s total, educational-vocational, general, social and family self-esteem. The proposed study of this paper uses three groups of pre-test post-test and control groups and it has been executed among 50 women aged 20-35 who lived in city of Esfahan, Iran based on Coopersmith questionnaire. The results of ANOVA test confirm all five hypotheses of this survey. In other words, scrutiny skills increase women’s total, educational-vocational, general, social and family self-esteem after control group participate in our training programs.

How to cite this paper

 Monjezi, F., Iravani, M., Rajabi, M & Jannesari, H. (2013). The effect of self-scrutiny on improving women’s self-esteem: A case study of Esfahan women.Management Science Letters , 3(4), 1197-1202.

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