Stress, perceived social support and self-esteem among school going adolescents

Abstract

The study aimed at establishing the relationship between perceived social support and stress. The participants were students from St. Mark’s College Namagoma. 109 students participated in the research between the age of 18-25. They were randomly selected in order to give equal chances to the population. A correlation study design was used to measure the relationship between perceived social support and stress, perceived social support and self esteem and self esteem and stress. The study findings shows that there is no significant relationship between social support and self-esteem, there is a significant relationship between social support and self-esteem and there is no significant relationship between social support and self-esteem.