Self-Esteem and Leadership Qualities Among High and Low Academic Performers in Secondary School

Abstract

The present work titled, “Self-Esteem and Leadership Qualities among High and Low Academic Performers in Secondary School” has used the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire (RSQ) and the Leadership Style Questionnaire (LSQ) to collect the data from secondary school students studying in English medium CBSE affiliated schools in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The data was collected from 360 students. There were 180 boys (90 high performers and 90 low performers), and 180 girls (90 high performers and 90 low performers). For this study ex-post facto research design was used and the data analysis was done with the help of t-test. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference in the self-esteem and leadership qualities between boys and girls, and also between high and low academic performers. More boys were found to have a democratic leadership style (67 out of 180) and girls had facilitative leadership style in comparison to the boys (74 out of 180). But, out of 360 students 124 students were found to have facilitative leadership qualities.