Self-esteem: a comparative study of adolescents from mainstream and minority religious groups in Pakistan.
The present study aimed to investigate the level of self-esteem among religious minority adolescents (Christians and Hindus) by making a comparison with their dominant counterparts (Muslims) in Pakistan. It was hypothesized that adolescents of religious minorities would have lower level of self-esteem than their dominant counterparts. In the present study 320 adolescents participated, in which 160 adolescents belonged to minority religious groups (i.e. 76 Christians and 84 Hindus) and 160 adolescents belonged to dominant religious group i.e. Muslims. To assess self-esteem of the participants, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg in Society and the adolescent self image, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1965) was used. One Way Analysis of Variance reveals that religious minority adolescents (Christians and Hindus) inclined to have lower self-esteem as compared to their dominant counterpart (Muslim adolescents).
Department of Psychology, Abdul Haq Campus, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. shahiq_psy@yahoo.com
Shahid
S
Iqbal
Riaz
R
Ahmad
Nadia
N
Ayub
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D018596:Hinduism / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult