abstract
It is a component of the Self-concept that Rosenberg defines as a totality of individual thoughts and feelings, having reference to him as an object. Besides self-esteem, self-efficacy and self-identification are an important part of the Self-concept. Self-esteem as a whole is an unchanging feature of adults and it is difficult to be influenced by the experimental design of a study. Bibliotherapy uses literature to bring about a therapeutic interaction between the client and the therapist. The design used for this study was one group pretest post-test control group design. The study was conducted in Kargapaga Vinayaga Higher secondary school among adolescent of age group 12-19 years. Total sample selected were 60 in total 30 for experimental and 30 for control group. Sample selection was done by purposive sampling technique. Ken Williams modified self-esteem assessment questionnaire, was used to assess the level of self-esteem among adolescents. The study was conducted after the written permission of Kargapaga Vinayaga Higher secondary school and approval of ethical committee of R. L. College of Nursing. Regarding monthly family income majority 4 (13.33%) were earning below rs.3000, 3 (10.00%) were earning rs. 3001-5000 6 (20.00%) were earning Rs.5001- Rs.7000, 5 (16.67%) were earning Rs.7001-Rs.9000, 12 (40.00%) were earning more than Rs.9001 respectively. Regarding order of birth majority 10 (33.33%) were belongs to first order of birth 14 (46.67%) were belongs to second order of birth, 6 (20.00%) were belongs to third order of birth, and 0 (0.00%) were belongs to more than three order of birth respectively. The investigator concluded that experimental adolescents had the self-esteem level as 14 (46.67%) had low self-esteem, 16 (53.3%) had moderate self-esteem and 0 (0%) had high self-esteem. In control group 6 (20.0%) had low self-esteem, 24 (80.0%) had moderate self-esteem and (0%) had high self-esteem.