COMPARISON OF SELF-ESTEEM SCORES - AMERICAN AND INDIAN ADOLESCENTS

The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory was administered to 112 African American adolescents who were academically at-risk for dropping out of high school. Results were similar to those of a previous study compar ing a heterogeneous group of 100 American adolescents with 100 youths from India. Differences on scores of self-esteem for two international groups were noted.