| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between perceived ethnic
discrimination, self-esteem and anxiety among secondary students. A correlation research design
using quantitative approach was used and the study used primary data which was obtained by
administering questionnaires to 100 students from 5 secondary schools within 2 districts of
Nakasongala and Wakiso in the central region of Uganda who represented the general students’
population in the region. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS software version 2022.
Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to determine the level of significance of the
hypotheses. Results indicated that there were significant relationships between perceived ethnic
discrimination, self-esteem and anxiety among secondary students. However, the findings also
revealed that there was a weak negative relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination and
self-esteem which could have a result self-esteem related factors other than perceived ethnic
discrimination. Similarly, there was a weak negative relationship between self-esteem and anxiety
which could have a result anxiety related factors other than self-esteem. This study recommends
that students, staffs and administrators of Secondary Schools should desist from utterances and
actions that may be perceived by other students as ethnically discriminative. Parents, school
administrators and government should promote programs and policies that protect and encourage
development of self-esteem as measures to curb rate of anxiety among their students | en_US |
