THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL DEPRIVATION AT THE LEVEL OF SELF-ESTEEM, AND LIFE ORIENTATION AMONG PALESTINIAN TEENAGERS

The current study aims at identifying to the effect of parental deprivation at the level of self-esteem and life orientation among teenagers in the Palestinian society. The study has tackled its topic as a multidimensional phenomenon. To achieve this end, the researcher developed a 84-item questionnaire; divided into five sub-scales: The first sub-scale includes primary data about the interviewees (Information from the mother related to teenagers); the second one includes demographic data of targeted group; while the third part includes the scale of the describe and defines the deprivation (Emotional Deprivation, Economic Deprivation, Psycho-Social Deprivation); In return the fourth part includes the scale of the discusses the level of self-esteem and life orientation among Palestinian teenagers who are suffering parental deprivation. The tool of study is applied on a sample of teenagers suffering from parental deprivation in the Palestinian Governorates, because of its specificity of research and interesting; the study was conducted on a sample of (2644) Palestinian teenagers and chosen by the simple random sample. The sample constituted (16%) of the study population.