Adolescent’s Attitude Towards Biopsychosocial Changes and their Self-Esteem in Langata Sub-County, Nairobi-Kenya
Abstract
This study examined adolescents' attitudes towards biopsychosocial changes and self-esteem at Maono Education Centre Secondary School Langata-Nairobi, Kenya. The person-centred theory of Carl Rogers and the Psychosocial Theory of Human Development by Eric Erickson guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design to establish the relationship between the attitude of adolescents towards biopsychosocial changes and self-esteem. The following objectives guided the study: to determine the adolescents’ attitude towards their biological changes, the adolescents’ attitude towards the experience of psychosocial changes, to find out the level of self-esteem among adolescents, and to establish the relationship that exists between the adolescent’s attitudes towards biopsychosocial changes and self-esteem. The target population was all the 106 students in Maono Education Centre since the population was small. The researcher's main tool for data collection was a survey questionnaire on the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE). This scale was first adopted and used in 1965 for High school Students. It used the Body Image - Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ) by Sandoz Wilson to measure adolescents' attitudes towards biopsychosocial changes. The study used descriptive analysis to analyse the quantitative data using tables, frequencies, and percentages. The study used the Pearson Product Moment correlation to analyse the relationship between isolated attitudes towards biopsychosocial changes and self-esteem in this study. The findings indicated that most adolescents do not have body image and psychosocial disturbances. It also indicated that more than half of the adolescents have high self-esteem. Finally, the study concluded that no significant relationship exists between attitude towards biopsychosocial changes and adolescents' self-esteem. This means that adolescents' attitudes towards biopsychosocial changes do not have a strong influence on their self-esteem as predicted.
Keywords
Attitude, biopsychosocial, adolescents, self-esteem, relationships
Citation
Wiykiynyuy, T.B., Okpalaenwe, E.N., & Oluoach-Suleh, E. (2024). Adolescent’s attitude towards biopsychosocial changes and their self-esteem in Langata Sub-County, Nairobi-Kenya. Journal of Africana Articles, 2(6), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11149338
