Poziom samooceny wychowanków młodzieżowych ośrodków socjoterapeutycznych
Level of Self-Esteem of Mentees in Youth Sociotherapeutic Centres

Summary/Abstract: Self-esteem is one of the personal resources that determine an individual’s social functioning. Its level and adequacy play an important role in the process of proper social adaptation of adolescents. The aim of the study was to examine the level of self-esteem of socially maladjusted youth. The research group consisted of 157 mentees of youth sociotherapeutic centres. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES) was used in the Polish adaptation of Dzwonkowska et al. Research questions were posed regarding the level of self-esteem in the group of respondents in general and in view of the influence of socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, place of residence, family economic status and time spent in the institution. The results of the research showed that the overall level of self-esteem of socially maladjusted youth is low, while within the adopted variables its moderator was age, place of residence and family economic status. It was found that a statistically significantly lower level of self-esteem is characteristic of socially maladjusted socially maladjusted youth in early adolescence, coming from county areas and families with poor financial situation. The data on the significance of the level of self-esteem for the functioning of socially maladjusted youth are inconclusive, hence it is worth continuing research in this direction. Their results may foster adequate therapeutic and upbringing and re-socialisation measures in youth re-socialisation centres.

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