Social connectedness, anxiousness, and academic self-esteem in adolescents
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2023
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
The present study was aimed to determine the association among the social connectedness, anxiousness and academic self-esteem in adolescents. Cross sectional research design was used and sample of 350 school students from both public and private sectors of the Lahore (N=350) was studied. In study, testing of main hypothesis was done and measures included the Social Connectedness Scale revised version, Anxiousness Scale and Academic Self esteem Scale. Data was analyzed using SPSS 25 version. Findings of the correlation and regression analysis showed that social connectedness have significant positive relationship with anxiousness and there is no significant association found between social connectedness and academic self-esteem. Anxiousness is significantly negatively associate with academic self-esteem. The results of linear regression analysis depict that anxiousness is highly significant negative predictor of academic self-esteem. T-test findings indicated that girls scored high in anxiousness as compared to boys. Moreover, findings of ANOVA depict that there is no significant class difference found in social connectedness, anxiousness and academic self-esteem. The findings were discussed in Pakistani context.