Relationship between Adjustment and Self-Esteem among Adolescents Betsur Ningamma C*, Mahmoudi Armin** Department of Studies in Education, University of Mysore, Mysore, India. *Address for correspondence: E-mail: ningammabetsur@yahoo.co.in
**E-mail: armin_md23@yahoo.com
Abstract In the present study an attempt is made to see whether self esteem is related to adjustment among adolescents studying in class 9 in Mysore city. A total of 100 adolescent students studying in Mysore city were randomly selected. They were administered Bell's Adjustment Inventory (1968) (which measured adjustment of an individual in 4 areas-Home, health, social and emotional) and Self esteem inventory developed by Cooper and Smith (1987), which measured self esteem of an individual in 5 areas-general self, social self, home parents, lie scale and school academic. Further, the students were classified into low and high self esteem groups. Independent samples‘t’ test was applied to see the differences between students having high and low self esteem in their adjustment scores. Results indicated that Home parents self esteem had positive influence over emotional adjustment of the students, where the analysis revealed that higher the self esteem better the adjustment. School academic self esteem had positive influence over health adjustment of the students, where the analysis revealed that higher the self esteem better the adjustment. Lastly, in other areas of self esteem, there was no significant of self esteem over adjustment of the students in individual areas as well as in total adjustment scores. Top Keywords Adjustment, Self-Esteem, Adolescence. Top |