The role of socio-economic status in adolescent resilience and self-esteem

Pages: 985-989
Sphoorthi G. Prabhu (School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru, Karnataka)
Rameela Shekhar (Dean, P.G. Department, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru, Karnataka)

Understanding the differences in adolescent resilience and self esteem based on SES has significant implications in mental health promotion. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to discuss the self esteem and resilience among adolescents from English Medium School (in comparison to the adolescents from Government Schools) and to understand the differences in resilience and self esteem by SES. Adolescents from class 8th to 10th of Mangaluru Taluka (of Karnataka State in India) was the target population. Cluster random sampling was followed. 809 adolescents from class 8th to 10th of randomly selected 16 schools from the Mangaluru South Cluster were selected. The variables were measured using CD-RISC-2 and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale. The data was analysed using SPSS version 19. The mean age of the sample was 13.49 years (±1.004). The adolescents from English medium schools had moderate Resilience and Self Esteem. Significant differences existed in the adolescent Resilience and Self esteem based on Socio-Economic Status. However, the same was not in the expected direction. The paper concludes by emphasising the role of subjective socio-economic status in adolescent well-being and suggests the need to explore the differences in adolescent resilience and self esteem based on subjective Socio-Economic Status.