Self-esteem and life satisfaction among university students of Eastern Uttar Pradesh of India: A demographical perspective

Pages:382-386
Ashok Kumar Patel (Clinical Psychologist, District Hospiatl Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh)
Shraddhesh Kumar Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh)
Suman Singh (Department of Psychology, DDU Gorakhpur, University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh)
Sylvia Lindinger-Sternart (Department of Psychology, University of Providence United States)

Self-esteem reflects an individual’s perception and evaluation of himself or herself, whereas, life satisfaction involves the individual’s evaluation of one’s life as a whole including different areas of life such as school, family and friends as well as oneself (Civitci & Civitci, 2009). The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between self esteem and satisfaction with life in current college students. A total of 200 college students (100 Male & 100 Female) from Veer Bahadur Singh University Jaunpur (U.P.) participated. Rosenberg self-esteem scale (1965) and satisfactions with life scale (Diener et al., 1985) were administered. Self-esteem and satisfaction with life was found significantly correlated in male, female, urban and general category participants. The effect of self-esteem on satisfaction with life was found significant