Socio Economic Status as a Predictor of Self- Esteem and Decision-Making Styles

Anjum Fatima Shah; Prof. Kamaljeet Sandhu

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| Published: December 07, 2022

Socio Economic Status as a Predictor of Self- Esteem and Decision-Making Styles

Anjum Fatima Shah

Research Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, U.P., India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Prof. Kamaljeet Sandhu

Head, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, U.P., India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.111.20221004

DOI: 10.25215/1004.111

ABSTRACT

The present study aims to identify whether Socio Economic Status have an impact on self-esteem and decision making styles of college students. Decision making is the process which have to take at every now and then, especially for the college students. Socio economic status scale by Shah, Self-esteem inventory by Prasad & Thakur and General decision making style by Scott & Bruce were administered on 150 subjects (70 males and 80 females) age ranged from 16-20 years selected from different colleges of Agra. Data was statistically analyzed through regression analyses. The study concluded that socio economic status has an impact on self-esteem whereas decision making style is not influenced by socio economic status of the students.

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Socio economic status, Self-esteem, Decision making styles

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How to cite this article: Anjum, F. S.& Kamaljeet, S. (2022). Socio Economic Status as a Predictor of Self- Esteem and Decision-Making Styles. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(4), 1122-1129. DIP:18.01.111.20221004, DOI:10.25215/1004.111