The document discusses a study conducted on self-acceptance among 20 student teachers. It found that most students had below average self-acceptance, with only 6 being average and none above average. Self-acceptance was measured using a 34 question true/false questionnaire. Scores ranged from 8 to 22 out of 34. Statistical analysis of the data found the mean to be 14.5, median 14.28, and mode 13.84. Standard deviation was 4.8. The study concludes self-acceptance is important for well-being and avoiding internal conflict.

1. SELFACCEPTANCE
“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself
,inspite of being unacceptable”
- Paul Tillic
The importance of selfacceptance is well understood from
the above words.If you donot accept yourself you will face
many problemsin your life.Unless you accept yourself you
completely fails to enjoy your life. The meaning of self
acceptance is to accept our shortcoming as well as our
accomplishment .We all have faultsand successful moments
in our life.Getting through life happilyand peacefully
requires us to understand ourself well .According to Shepard
(1979), self-acceptance is an individual'ssatisfaction or
happinesswith oneself, and is thought to be necessary for
good mental health. Self-acceptance involves self-
understanding,a realistic, albeit subjective, awareness of
one's strengths and weaknesses.
The most important tool one can use to achieve
success is self acceptance.Whatself acceptance does is it
open up more possibilitiesof succeeding because you are
not fighting yourself along the way.Selfacceptanceat its core
is being happywith who you are in the present moment and
loving yourself who you are right now.
IMPORTENCE OF SELFACCEPTENCE

2. If you have selfacceptance it help you to:
 Enjoy your life
 Find your correct place in the world
 Stop fighting you and begin tofight for you
 Free others to love you or not
A study was conducted several months before among 20
student teachers of SreeNarayanacollege of education
inorder to understand their selfacceptance.A tool containing
thirtyfour questions were prepared , and distributedamong
student teachers.The tool was a questionare containing
thirtyfour true or false questions.
QUESTIN NUMBER CORRECT
RESPONSE
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14 , 17, 18, 20, 21,
26, 27, 29, 31, 32
FALSE
3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19,
22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 34
TRUE
EVALUATION STRATERGY
RESPONSE MARK TOTAL

3. Correct 1 34
Wrong 0
RANGE RANK
25-34 Above
average
17-25 Average
Below
17
Below
average
The score achieved in this test by the twenty student
teachers are given below:
SCORE BOARD
SL.NO NAME SCORE RANK
1 AfnaMeeran 13 Below
average
2 Alisha Bava 12 Below
average
3 Ansalymol Thomas 8 Below

4. average
4 Anu Thomas 13 Below
average
5 ArchanaC M 14 Below
average
6 ArunaM A 21 Average
7 AyshaBai M 17 Average
8 Chinju P E 16 Below
average
9 Deepthy Sivan 9 Below
average
10 Devika K M 13 Below
average
11 Geethupriya K P 9 Below
average
12 IsmathBasheer 15 Below
average
13 Jimiya Joy 13 Below
average
14 Nethra Joseph 22 Average
15 Remya M T 16 Below
average
16 Rincy M M 9 Below
average
17 Seenamol M K 14 Below
average
18 SethulakshmiChandran 17 Average
19 ShibinaShaji 19 Average
20 Vidhya M 20 Average

5. The above table reveals that among twenty student
teachers no one is above average with regards to
selfacceptance.Only six students are above average and
sixteen are below average.That means only 30% student
teachers are average and 70% are below average with
regard to selfacceptance.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
RAW DATA
13, 16, 20, 12, 13, 14, 21, 8, 16, 14, 17, 9, 9, 9, 13 , 19, 17, 13, 22 , 15
FREQUENCY TABLE
CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY(f)
5 -10 //// 4
10 - 15 //// // 7
15 – 20 //// / 6
20 – 25 /// 3
Total 20
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
CLASS FREQUENCY(f) Mid x f * x Cumulative
frequency(
cf)
5 – 10 4 7.5 30 4
10 – 15 7 12.5 87.5 11
15 – 20 6 17.5 105 17

6. 20 - 25 3 22.5 67.5 20
total 20 290
MEAN
Mean = ∑f×x
∑f
= 290 = 14.5
20
MEDEAN
Median = 𝐿 + (
𝑁
2
− 𝑐𝑓) ℎ
f
=10+(
20
2
− 4)5
7
=10 +4.28
=14.28
MODE
MODE = 3× 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 − 2 × 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛
=3×14.28 - 2×14.5
=13.84
L → Lower bound of medium class
cf→cf of the class proceding the medium class
N →Total frequency
h→class width
f→frequency of medium class
Here, L=10 ; cf=4 ; f=7 ; N=20

7. STANDARD DEVIATION (S.D)
S.D = h((∑𝑓𝑑^2)/𝑁 − [(∑𝑓𝑑)/𝑁]^2)1/2
=5× (
22
20
− [
8
20
]
2
)1/2
= 5× (1.1 − .16)1/2
CLASS FREQUENCY MID X d =X-𝑋̅
5
f×d 𝑑2
f×𝑑2
5 – 10 4 7.5 -1 -4 1 4
10 – 15 7 12.5 0 0 0 0
15 – 20 6 17.5 1 6 1 6
20 – 25 3 22.5 2 6 4 12
Total 20 8 22
MEAN= 14.5
MEADIAN=14.28
MODE =13.84

8. = 4.8
MEAN DEVIATION
CLASS FREQUENCY Mid X
d=X−𝑋̅
| 𝑑| f×| 𝑑|
5 – 10 4 7.5 -7 7 28
10 – 15 7 12.5 -2 2 14
15 – 20 6 17.5 3 3 18
20– 25 3 22.5 8 8 24
Total 20 84
𝑋̅ = 10.5
M.D=
∑𝑓| 𝑑|
∑𝑓
=
84
20
= 4.2
RANGE
Range=Highestvalue —Lowest value
=22-8
=14
QUARTILEDEVIATION

9. CLASS FREQUENCY Mid X cf
5 – 10 4 7.5 4
10 – 15 7 12.5 11
15 – 20 6 17.5 17
20– 25 3 22.5 20
Total 20
Q . D=𝑄3 − 𝑄1
2
𝑄1=10 +(
5−4
7
)5
=10.71
𝑄3=15 +(
15−11
6
)5
=18.33
=
18.33−10.71
2
= 3.81
𝑄1=𝐿1
+ (
𝑁
4
− 𝑐𝑓
𝑓1
)ℎ
𝑄3=𝐿3
+ (
3𝑁
4
− 𝑐𝑓
𝑓3
)ℎ
𝐿1 = 10
𝑁
4
=20/4
Cf=4
𝑓1=7

10. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION
Graphical representation of frequency
distribution:
1. Histogram
2.Frequency distribution
3.Frequency curve
4. Ogive
clas
s
Mi
d x
frequen
cy
Lowe
r
boun
d
Great
er
than
cf
Uppe
r
boun
d
Les
s
tha
n cf
5-10 7.5 4 5 20 10 4
10- 12. 7 10 16 15 11
Standard Deviation= 4.8
Mean Deviation = 4.2
Quartile Deviation= 3.81
Range = 14

11. 15 5
15-
20
17.5 6 15 9 20 17
20-
25
22.
5
3 20 3 25 20

13. SUMMARY OF THE TEST
Outof 20 studentteachersof SreeNarayanaCollege
OfEducaion:
 numberof studentteacherwith aboveaverage
self acceptance=0
 numberof studentteacherswith average
selfacceptance=6
 numberof studentteacherswith belowaverage
self acceptance=14
CONCLUSION
Selfacceptanceis a lifetime journeythatallows youto
stoptryingto change yourself into the person youare
not andatthe sametime discoveringtherealyou .Self
acceptancebring youa lot of transformationboth
emotionalandphysical ,andindeed the endresultis
true happiness.Somebenefitsofembracing self
acceptanceare:
 youbecomeless defencive
 it becomeeasierto maintainclose relations
 it leadto valuingandappreciatingyourselfothers
fully

14. SUGGESSIONS
To enhanceselfacceptanceone canfollowthe
following stratergies:
 Celebrateyourstrength
 Speakyour highestself
 Talk to yourself
 Practice relaxedawareness
 Learn fromall part
 Separate fromyouremotions
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