Resilience, Self Esteem and Locus of Control among Adolescents of Lahore Pakistan
Abstract
During adolescence identity variables including self-esteem and internal locus of control go through many changes and these changes cannot be coped without effective resilience. The aim of the study was to to find the relationship between self-esteem, resilience and locus of control among adolescents. It was hypothesized that there is a significant relationship between self-esteem, resilience, locus of control and certain demographic characteristics (birth order, age of Parents and fathers’ income) among adolescents. It was also hypothesized that self-esteem, resilience and locus of control varies according to family system, education of parents and profession of parents. Survey was conducted on cross section of population and 400 female students; aged 16-20 years were selected through simple random sampling technique for this purpose. Pearson product coefficient correlation and One-way ANOVA was conducted to obtain the results of present study. Results showed strongest positive correlation between resilience and internal locus of control and the strongest negative correlation between self-esteem and external locus of control of adolescents. A strong positive correlation was also found between fathers’ age and self-esteem and a strong negative correlation between number of siblings and internal locus of control. Self-esteem, resilience and locus of control varied according to family system, education of parents and profession of parents.
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