Perceived Peer Relationship, Self-Esteem and Emtional-Behavioral Problems in Adolescents
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Date
2016
Authors
Nasreen, Mehwish
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University of Management & Technology
Abstract
The current research was aimed to explore the relationship among perceived peer relationship, self-esteem and emotional-behavioral problems in adolescents. A sample of 200 adolescents of age range 12-17 years of 8th, 9th and 10th class were selected through stratified random sampling technique from the Government schools of Lahore, Pakistan. The mean age of the participants was 14.19 with the standard deviation of 1.16. Participants included 39.60% boys and 60.40% girls. For this purpose, Self-esteem scale for children (SESC; Mahmood & Sadia, 2011) was used to assess self-esteem of the participants, School children problem scale (SCPS; Mahmood & Sadia, 2011) was used to assess the emotional-behavioral problems in school children and Perceived peer relationship scale (PPRS) which was indigenously developed in the research was used to assess perceived peer relationship in adolescents. Factor analysis of PPRS revealed two factors i.e. positive attributes and negative attributes. Self-esteem scale for children (SESC) measured four dimensions i.e. academic self-esteem, social self-esteem, self-confidence and low self-esteem. Results found that there was a significant negative relationship of emotional-behavioral problems with positive self-esteem and positive attributes of friends. Low self-esteem was found to have positive and significant relationship with emotional-behavioral problems and negative attributes of friends. Low self-esteem was found to significantly predict emotional-behavioral problems in adolescents. Interestingly, gender difference was found in social self-esteem i.e. high level of social self-esteem was found in boys than in girls. Academic and social self-esteem was found to be higher in the students of grade 8th than of the 9th and 10th class. In conclusion, adolescents having positive peer relationship were found to have high self-esteem and their buffering effect decrease the emotional-behavioral problems in adolescents.
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Dr. Fatima Naeem
Keywords
Self-esteem scale for children (SESC), School children problem scale, MS