Assessment the Self-Esteem among Normal and Differently Abled Adolescents

Differently abled children are different from normal children, due to various problems faced by them. Some children try to cope with those problems and do whatever they are capable of doing. The internal conflict faced by children may make them different from children and hence these may be difference in their personality and self-esteem. The present study is an attempt to explore the factors associated with the differences in self-esteem among differently abled in comparison to normal children. The sample size taken for the purpose of the study is 120 consisting of 60 differently abled and 60 normal adolescents. The study was conducted in Lucknow district, Utter Pradesh. For the present research, multistage random sampling technique was adopted to selected normal and differently abled adolescents. Ex post facto research design was adopted in the present research and Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used to compare between Self-esteem and compare the normal and differently abled. Results revealed that, there exist no significant impact on self-esteems between normal and differently abled. . -self-esteem, disability