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ArticleFrontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry2023

Self-esteem levels in school-going adolescents across the slums of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional analysis.

Hira Naeem, Sana Sharif, Hina Sharif, Tooba Seemi

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Article in Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hira NaeemResearch and Publication Department, SINA Health Education & Welfare Trust, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sana SharifResearch & Publication Department, SINA Health Education & Welfare Trust, MPH University of Saskatchewan, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hina SharifResearch & Publication Department, SINA Health Education & Welfare Trust, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tooba SeemiResearch and Publication Department, SINA Health Education & Welfare Trust, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

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Introduction: For individuals to live their lives and integrate into society, self-esteem is an essential feeling. Self-esteem development depends on the environment in which children are nurtured. Assessment techniques using questionnaires include Rosenberg's self-esteem scale. Objective: The study aimed to assess the self-esteem of school-going adolescents in slum areas. Methodology: This school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in three understudied slum areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A standardized scale, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES), and a pre-tested demographic scale was used to assess the impact of gender, weight, academic performance, tuition, and parent's education level along with parent's strictness on the self-esteem of the understudied population of adolescents aged between 11 and 19 years included in the study. Parent consent was obtained before visiting the schools. Findings: As per the collected data on self-esteem, among 539 school-going adolescents, 232 (43%) were male and 307 (57%) were female. Most students, 324 (60%), were in the 14-16 age range. Parents' education status and strictness towards their children, academic performance, and adolescent body mass index (BMI) influenced self-esteem levels. Conclusion: The study found that age, parent's education, parent's strictness, BMI, and academic performance were linked to the levels of self-esteem in the target population regardless of gender. Children's surroundings play an imperative role in developing lower or higher self-esteem in children. Assessing adolescent's self-esteem can be a useful way to build strong self-confident youngster and also beneficial to treatment for those with psychosomatic complaints in their growing age.

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adolescentsparenting styleparent's literacy levelself-esteemslum areasstudents

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