GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT               

This study was carried out to determine the relationship between music education and self-esteem of music students in the University of Uyo. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The survey design was used for the study. The population of the study consisted of all the 341 Undergraduate students in the Department of Music, University of Uyo as 2021/2022 academic year. Simple random sampling was used to select 80 undergraduate level 300 and 400 students for this study. Data was collected using a researcher developed instruments named, Music Education and Self-Esteem of students’ questionnaire” (MESESQ). MESESQ was subjected to face validity by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s alpha reliability technique to determine the consistency of the test instrument. The MESESQ was considered reliable for the study as it had a reliability coefficient of 0.88. Data analysis was done using mean standard deviation independent t-test and Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC) statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between music education and self-esteem of music students in the University of Uyo. It was also revealed that there is no significant influence of music education on self-esteem of music male and female students in the University of Uyo. Recommendations were made among others that music lecturers should continue employing teaching practices that foster not only musical skill development but also the emotional and psychological well-being of the students.