2018
DOI: 10.15406/jpcpy.2018.09.00498
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Comparative Analysis of Childhood Depression and Self- Esteem among Orphan Girls and Boys

Abstract: The purpose of present study was to measure the comparison and analyze childhood depression and self-esteem among orphan girls and boys. A total sample of 300 students in which 150 girls and 150 boys ranging in age 10-15 years were selected randomly from different orphanages of Rawalpindi, Haripur and Abbottabad. Childhood Depression Scale (Musarrat Jabeen Khan 2005) and Self esteem scale for children by (Rifai 1999) were administered. T-test, correlation and regression analysis were computed to investigate th… Show more

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“…Existing evidence supports that orphan girls have higher levels of depression and low self-esteem as compared to orphan boys. 34,35 Negative image of the world was more clearly found more in girls as compared to orphan boys. [31][32][33] Findings from the present study indicate that adolescent's decision-making is a significant predictor of depression, anxiety, and stress.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Existing evidence supports that orphan girls have higher levels of depression and low self-esteem as compared to orphan boys. 34,35 Negative image of the world was more clearly found more in girls as compared to orphan boys. [31][32][33] Findings from the present study indicate that adolescent's decision-making is a significant predictor of depression, anxiety, and stress.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this study, it was explained that those who were adopted and raised in an orphanage were at risk of having low self-esteem. Especially in adolescent girls, tend to have lower self-esteem than men (Safdar, 2018). Lone & Ganesan (2017) adds that orphanage children have inferior feelings and low self-esteem is compared to children who live with both parents.…”
Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Especially to female tend to decline. The female self-esteem is lower than male (Hill, 2015;Safdar, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Children who experience the consequences of maternal deprivation have a low level of emotional intelligence, they are contradictory, and they feel guilty for parental rejection. Later, the child loses self-respect, there is a violation of identifi cation of his own needs, diffi culties in determining the boundaries of personality, emotional dependence, fear of being abandoned [14,15].…”
Section: Family and Deprivationmentioning
confidence: 99%