In this study, the self-esteem improvement program consisted of five parts, including introduction (week 1e2), self understanding (week 3e5), personal relationship (week 6e10),
sense of purpose/competence (week 11) and conclusion (week 12). The first 2 weeks are especially planned to provide time for introducing himself/herself. It is an ice-breaker period of getting to know each other. However, many students reported that the students were shy and that it was not easy to follow the sessions for the first time, so they wanted to have more than 2 weeks to grow close to other students. Based on the comments, 2 weeks were not long enough for the grade 4 students to become close to each other
and share their experiences throughout the 12 sessions. Therefore,
an introduction period of more than 2 weeks should be planned in
the self-esteem programs to test the effects in future studies. Also,