A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS SELF-ESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS STUDYING IN CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS

Abstract

Biopsychosocial environment in school plays a vital role in development of students. Self-esteem is a multidimensional and context dependent learned behavior pattern that reflects an individual’s evaluation of past behavior and experiences, influence individual’s current behavior and predict individual’s future behavior. A descriptive study was conducted to assess the self- esteem among adolescent girls studying in co-educational schools. Total 140 adolescent girls of selected coeducational schools were selected by stratified random sampling.