Self Esteem and Psychological Well Being of Adolescent Children in Single Parent Families

Authors

Self Esteem, Psychological Well being, Adolescent, Single Parent Family.

Families across the world are undergoing rapid change due to various reasons which make those families

underserve and unfit to capacitate the individual’s life. Therefore the present study re-searches on the Self

Esteem and Psychological well being of adolescents from the Single parent family. This descriptive study

emphasizes on Quantitative research were the primary data was collected through the Survey Method using

a questionnaire. The data was collected from two schools in Kollam District, Kerala, one from an aided

school and another Government school and the sample size is 51 students from 8th to 12th standard. The tool

consists of socio-demographic data, Self Esteem Scale by Rosenberg and Psychological Well Being Scale

by Carol Ryff. The study result showed a significant correlation between the Self Esteem and Psychological

Well being of the adolescents from Single-parent family. Based on the results, effective recommendations

are also proposed.

Anjaly Mohan1 , Priya V2

1 Ph.D. Scholar, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Amrita School of Engineering,

Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India