Assessment of Self Esteem and Peer Pressure among Adolescents in Selected College of Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

A descriptive study to assess of self esteem and peer pressure among adolescents in a selected college
Kanchipuram district Tamil Nadu. The objectives are to assess self esteem and peer pressure among
adolescents. To find out the association between levels of self esteem and peer pressure among adolescents
and selected demographic variables of adolescents. The sampling technique was non probability purposive
sampling. Sample size was 132 samples of adolescents. Rosenberg self esteem scale was used to assess self
esteem and peer pressure inventory by brown to assess peer pressure. The demographic variables performa,
structured interview schedule to collect data. The data collection was done. The collected data was tabulated
and analyzed, using descriptive and inferential statistics. The self esteem mean value is 21.9 and peer
pressure mean value is 8.1.