Effect of Maternal Depression on Adolescents Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement

By : M. N. Tamanna, Asoke Kumar Saha

Page No: 275-285

Abstract
The present study was designed to see the effect of maternal depression on adolescents’ self-esteem and academic achievement. Total pair of 200 mothers and adolescents was selected purposively from Dhaka city. The measuring instruments used in this study were: (1) Bangla version of Depression Scale (Uddin & Rahman, 2005) and (2) Bangla version of Self-esteem Scale (Ilyas, Q. S. M. 2003). Results are obtained through regression. The findings of the study indicate that there is a significant effect of maternal depression on adolescents’ self-esteem (?= -0.176, p<0.05) and academic achievement (?= -0.197, p<0.01), and there is a significant negative correlation of maternal depression with adolescents’ self-esteem and academic achievement. These findings indicate that an increase of maternal depression causes decrease of adolescents’ self-esteem and academic achievement. The results further indicate that there is a significant effect of adolescents’ selfesteem on their academic achievement (?= 0.357, p<0.001), and there is a significant positive correlation between them.

Authors :
Asoke Kumar Saha : Chairman and Professor – Department of Psychology, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M. N. Tamanna : MS Student – Department of Psychology, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2018.13.02.2