DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i03.015

Pages: 694-697

Background: Adolescence is a transitional of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier or end later. Puberty typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend past the teens. Age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have not agreed upon a precise definition. Some definitions start as early as 10 and end as late as 30. The World Health Organization definition officially designates an adolescent as someone between the ages of 10 and 19 [1]. It’s estimated that roughly 85% of people worldwide (adults and adolescents) have low self-esteem. Low self-esteem has been linked to violent behavior, school dropout rates, teenage pregnancy, suicide, and low academic achievement. The World Health Organization (WHO) in reports that more deaths are caused by suicide every year than homicide or war [2]. Academic performance refers to the achievement of students in their educational endeavours. It is influenced by various factors such as cognitive and non-cognitive attributes, sociocultural context, personality traits, and approaches to studying [3]. Methods: The research design selected for the study was descriptive correlation survey design. The independent variables were age, gender, religion, year of study, father education, mother education, father occupation, mother occupation, family income, area of residence, type of family and number of siblings. And dependent variables include self-esteem and academic performance among adolescents. In this study sample size is 100 adolescent who are in the age of 16-20 years are selected by stratified proportionate random sampling technique. Conclusion: This deals with the conclusions ...