الفهرس 
review of literatureOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 192 |  |  |
| | | from | 192 | | |
Abstract
Parental deprivation means that there is no one person responsible to provide
continuous care for children whereas, the child feel safe, secure, warm and
confident. The aim of this comparative descriptive study was to assess the effect of
parental deprivation on self-esteem of school age children. The 120 children
sample was divided into three equal groups (the first group lives in hostel
institutions, the second group lives with non or single parent families or relatives
and the third group lives with two parents). Data was collected using three tools
(assessment sheet of children’s growth and development, questionnaire for
caregivers and self-esteem scale). Results revealed that regarding self-esteem,
highly significant difference was observed among children who live with their
families than children who live in hostel institutions, while, the caregivers of
institutionalized children revealed that the highest percentage of psychosocial and
behavioral problem was low self-confidence. The study concluded that, the
institutions affected children growth & development and psychosocial behavior
negatively. The study recommended that, there should be a balance between the
number of institutionalized children and their caregivers. Those caregivers need to
be highly qualified to be able to deal with the various psychosocial behavior of the
children.