We met as a group last week to discuss the types of
questions we would ask each of the age groups as well as what type of survey
questions we would ask. We thought that for our survey we would use a mix of
likert scale questions, open-ended questions, and multiple-choice questions.
For our demographics such as age, name, ethnicity and race we would use
open-ended questions or multiple-choice questions. We thought of grouping ages,
for example 12-14, 15-18, and so on. Then we would transition into a likert
scale asking questions such as, how does it make you feel when people say mean
things about the way you look? For the school age children we would probably
use a smile scale and with the older girls we would use a number scale. Finally
when we would ask them to define self-esteem we would leave these more
open-ended.
We
have received confirmation that we will be able to survey women from the YWCA
and WCR. I also have talked to my supervisor about distributing survey’s at the
catholic schools I am doing my practicum and she said it should be fine as long
as she approves the survey with the principal before disturbing it. We should
get a wide range of age groups and demographics from these populations. We also
plan on informing the participants when the forum will be held on the survey.
The forum will take place during women’s week, which is around mid-March or
April.
ReplyDeleteI really like the questions that you Emily included in the previous post.
With the children questions, are we having them do a fill in the blank type answer? For example the question about "what makes you feel really good?" Should we be more specific, rephrasing it as, "What things make you feel good about yourself?" Just breaking it down so that our younger audience has an idea of what we mean just like when it's asked for the teens.
After watching the video about asking 50 people what they would change about themselves, it made me wonder about asking that question and what the responses would be and if the age groups would have similar answers. Asking something like "If you could change something about your body, what would it be". I realize that this question is about body image and we are doing it about self esteem, yet it would help guide us as to what women are mostly insecure about. If most of the young girls say, "my height" for example we can make sure to emphasis body image more in that group, if they said, "my shyness" then we would be able to focus on something like that. Just an idea :) I would ask that question and "what people have influenced your self esteem?" or "how do the women in your life feel about themselves and does that affect your self esteem?" That might not be exactly how I word it but I think that knowing what role models women have is important. Are they looking at celebrities? Mom? Sister? etc.
Do you think those questions would be helpful?
I think those are really great questions Stephanie! I was trying to think of a good way to gage selfesteem without asking directly and those questions seem perfect. We may need a hard copy of the survery, too. For the YWCA and for Go Girlz, but Leslie you're right that it would good to have an online one where we can.
ReplyDeleteI really like what everyone is saying here and all of the suggestions. I think that we will be able to come up with a really good survey. I have a Self-Esteem scale that i have used in previous research, its called the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Here is the link to the survey:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.education.uci.edu/childcare/pdf/questionnaire_interview/Rosenberg%20Self-Esteem%20Scale.pdf
Hopefully this will at least help us to get some ideas!
Also, here are some other questions that I thought might be good.
ReplyDelete1) What topics would you be most interested in learning about in regards to self-esteem?
-body image...media...self-worth...coping skills...positive self talk ( they would check which ones would apply)
2) On a scale from 1-10, 1 being not at all, 10 being completely, How happy are you with who are you today?
3) On a scale from 1-10, 1 being not at all satisfied, 10 being extremely satisfied, How satisfied are you with your body?
4) On a scale from 1-10, 1 being not a good person, 10 being extremely great, How great of a person do you think others view you as?
5) What types of things are you interested in learning to help improve your self-esteem? (open ended)
6)What area in your self-esteem do you struggle with the most? (open ended)
7)What is self-esteem to you? And what does your ideal self-esteem look like?
8) How many times a day do you feel insecure/self-conscious?
9) What times do you find yourself feeling most self-conscious?
10) Are you ever bullied at school for the way you look?
Little Kids:
What is being beautiful/handsome?
What makes you feel important?