The Effect Of Divorce On Adolescents Self-esteem The Case Of Adolescents At Federal First Instance Court

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there was a difference in self-esteem ofrnadolescents who come from divorced parents and those from intact families. A total of 200rnadolescents (100 from intact family and 100 from divorced family) participated in the presentrnstudy. The study sites were federal first instance court and Atlas primary and secondary school.rnSystematic random sampling technique was applied to select adolescents from intact families atrnAtlas primary and secondary school. Adolescents from divorced families were drawn based onrnthe availability sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. Data wasrnanalyzed employing descriptive statistics, correlation and t-test. The findings show that there is arnsignificant difference in self-esteem between adolescents from divorced and intact families. Thernresults also revealed that there is no significant difference in self esteem among female and malernadolescents from divorced families. In addition, the finding revealed that there is a statisticallyrnsignificant positive relationship between age of adolescents that come from divorced familiesrnand their self- esteem. The study suggested that Orientation and training should be given tornparents/guardians of adolescents from divorced families on how to treat their children withrnwarmth and affection to facilitate the conditions which are essential to foster their children’srnself-esteem

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