the effects of recreational activities enhancing self-esteem of hiv/aids orphans in gerda home, lopburi province

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the effects of recreational activities enhancing self-esteem of HIV infected orphans. It was an experimental research on two groups using Before and After Control Group Design during January 18 to February 15, 2011. The samples were selected by cluster random sampling from HIV infected orphans in Gerda Home, Lopburi Province, including 20 orphans in experimental group and another 20 in control group. The instrument was Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI) and the t-test was used for testing the hypothesis. The result found that these recreational activities could enhance self-esteem of HIV infected orphans in experimental group and their self-esteem was higher than one of the control group at statistically significant level .05.