Abstract
The focus of current research was to examine the relationship between self-esteem and social support of the adolescent girls. Study was carried out at College of Home economics Lahore on a randomly selected sample of 120 girls ranging from 16 to 19 years of age. Two instruments were used to measure self esteem and social support. For self-esteem Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale was used and for social support a self designed questionnaire was used to measure two types of social support namely family support and peer support. Descriptive statistical measures as well as Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation test was used to analyze the collected data. Results revealed a strong correlation between social support and self-esteem. Furthermore, a strong correlation was also found between family support and peer support. The study also revealed that adolescents rely more on support from their families as compared to their peers.
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