Anxiety Self Esteem And Alienation Psychology Essay

Anxiety Self Esteem And Alienation Psychology Essay Adolescence is a phase of physical, emotional, social variations, adjustment and development. Anxiety can impact self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and may lead to alienation. The study investigated the interrelationships among these variables on undergraduate girls and boys (40 each) between the ages of 18 and 23 years. Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Scale (1971), Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (1967) and Sharma’s Alienation scale (1988) were used to test the variables. Significant differences were found among female college students reporting higher anxiety, self-esteem and alienation than male college students. Self esteem and anxiety were highly correlated among males and valid relation was found between alienation and anxiety. However, gender differences were found towards core coon all the constructs. Further, the study contributes to examine the social problems that are prevalent among the adolescents so that maximum can be benefited to the societal inst itutions and the families by providing the understanding. Key Words: Adolescents, Anxiety, Alienation, Self-Esteem *Research Scholar, s.ali.shah14@gmail.com , 09891927834 **Assistant Professor, korsidk@gmail.com , Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi- 110025 Introduction: Increased media attentions, prevalence of university counseling centers and enhanced awareness of the mental health needs of college going students, (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, Rudd, 2004) marked the need to study severity of the problems which might affect the individual as he/she is at odd at self. The present study investigates the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and alienation among male and female college students. Anxiety: Anxiety is an essential and natural emotional experience. The concept of anxiety is as old as human existence. Anxiety is associated with substantial negative effects on children’s social, emotional and academic success (Essau, Conradt Brown, Higgins, Hawkins et al., 2000; Suh Smith, 2000; Smyth, 2009).