Self Esteem and Peer Group Relationship of Adolescent Children in Single Parent Families

As the family and its structure are in a descend form, children, especially adolescents may feel a sense of insecurity due to lack of proper care and support from their own imbalanced family system and other socialising agents. Therefore, the present study re-searches on the Self Esteem and Peer Group Relationship of adolescents from the Single parent families. This descriptive study emphasizes on Quantitative research, were the primary data was collected through the Survey Method using a questionnaire. The data was collected from two schools in Kollam District, Kerala, one from an aided school and another Government school and the sample size is 51 students from 8th to 12th standard. The tool consists of socio-demographic data, Peer Group Relation Scale by Hudson and Self Esteem Scale by Rosenberg. The study result shows as there is significant relation between Self Esteem and Peer Group Relationship of Adolescents from Single parent families.