A Study on Self-Esteem before and after Parental Touch among Children in Selected School, Cuddalore

The study was conducted to assess the self- esteem before and after parental touch among children. The sample consisted of 30 children under the age group of 10-12 years were selected by purposive sampling technique. It was a one group pre test post test design. The self esteem was assessed using the Rosenberg self esteem scale. The reliability of the tool by Pearson correlation method r=0.91, was high. The study findings showed that there was a significant increase in post test self esteem after parental touch t=-10.26, p>0.05.