Conformity and Conversation Orientation Family Communication Patterns as Correlates of Self-Esteem of in- School Adolescents in Edo South Senatorial Zone in Edo State

Abstract

The study investigated conformity and conversation orientation family communication patterns as correlates of Self-esteem of in-school adolescents in Edo South Senatorial Zone of Edo State. The study was guided by five research questions. Five corresponding hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study consisted of three hundred (300) Senior Secondary School II students. The multistage sampling technique was used in drawing the sample size. Two instruments were used to collect data for this study; Family Communication Patterns Scale (FCP) and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (SES). Cronbach alpha Statistic was used to establish internal consistency of the items and it yielded a coefficient of 0.79 for family communication pattern and 0.71 for self-esteem. Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and multiple regression statistics were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that there is a significant relationship among conversation orientation family communication pattern, conformity orientation family communication pattern and self-esteem of in-school adolescents in Edo South Senatorial Zone of Edo State. It was recommended that since the family is the earliest point of socialization of any adolescent and self-esteem is developed during the early stages of one’s life, it becomes important for parents to be careful as to the communication pattern which is adopted in the home as this could affect the self-esteem of the adolescent either positively or negatively