Resilience, Self esteem and Delinquent Tendencies among Orphan and Non-Orphan Adolescents

Author(s) : Dr. Mian Ghulam Yasin, Dr. Najma Iqbal

Abstract:

The present study aimed at studying the relationship between psychological resilience, self esteem and delinquent tendencies among orphan and non orphan adolescents. The sample consisted of 42 orphan adolescents including boys (n=30) and girls (n=12) from orphan institutions of Sargodha city and 42 non orphan adolescents including boys (n=30) and girls (n=12) from School of Sargodha, selected through purposive sampling. Age range of adolescents was from 12 to 19 years (M=15.5, SD= 2.16). Resilience Scale (Batool, 2012), Self Reported Delinquency Scale (Naqvi & Kamal, 2008) and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Sardar, 1998) were used to asses psychological resilience, delinquent tendencies and self esteem respectively. Results of correlation analysis showed a significant negative correlation between self esteem and delinquent tendencies whereas, a significant positive correlation between self esteem and resilience. T-test analysis revealed significantly high level of resilience in orphans as compared to non orphan adolescents however non-orphans were found to have more delinquent tendencies than orphan adolescents. These results are helpful for academicians and psychologist to sort out and deal the problems of orphan and non-orphan adolescents and to take preventive measures to solve their problems regarding high level of delinquent tendencies and low level of resilience.