The Impact of Family Environment on Self-esteem and Resilience among College Day Scholars and Hostellers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of family environment on self-esteem and resilience between college day scholars and hostellers (ages 18 years to 25 years). The aim is to examine impact of family environment on self-esteem and resilience, to investigate the relationship between the three variables. A total of n=120 young adults were taken for the study. The Family Cohesion Scale (FACES II), Rosenberg’s Self – Esteem Scale and Connor – Davidson Resilience Scale are used to collect the data and an independent t-test, correlation regression analysis is performed to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that there is a significance positive correlation between self-esteem and resilience of day scholars and hostellers to the family environment. These results contribute to the understanding of the impact of family environment on self-esteem and resilience between college day scholars and hostellers. Therefore, it was concluded that the family environment plays a significant role in building the resilience and self-esteem in the students.