A Study of Self Esteem and Dreams among College Students

Abstract

Objective: The goal of this study was to understand the dreams and self-esteem among college students. Besides, it was hypothesized age; gender and type of family have a significant impact on self-esteem and dreams. Tools Used: Multidimensional dream inventory (MDI) and Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used. The Rosenberg self-esteem scale presented high ratings in reliability areas: internal consistency was 0.77, minimum coefficient of reproducibility was at least 0.90 Rosenberg, 1965, and personal communication, April 22,1987). The Persian scale demonstrated good test-retest reliability (69%), and Cronbach alpha coefficient for the whole questionnaire was calculated at0.85. Sample: survey method was used to collect the data. There were 150 data collected from college student among them 80 were males, 70 were females. Analysis: Pearson product moment correlation, independent sample t- test were applied to analyse the data. Result: The findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between self-esteem and dreams. The significant differences were observed based on demographic details.