Effect of Positive Psychological Interventions on Self-Esteem in Young Adults

Sindhu N

Abstract: Background: Positive Psychological Interventions (PPIs) are structured activities intended to promote positive emotions, strengths, optimism, gratitude, mindfulness, adaptive coping and purposeful action. Self-esteem is an important aspect of psychological functioning during young adulthood. Objective: The study was designed to examine whether a brief, structured PPI programme could improve global self-esteem among young adults aged 18?25 years. Method: A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control-group design was planned, with global self-esteem assessed using the 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). The proposed programme included gratitude journaling, strengths identification, positive affirmations, mindfulness, acts of kindness, optimism and goal setting across four planned sessions. Results: The dissertation contains an illustrative analysis based on a simulated dataset of 100 records (50 intervention and 50 control). In that analytical example, the intervention group increased from M = 18.12 (SD = 7.08) at pre-test to M = 21.14 (SD = 5.91) at post-test, while the control group changed from M = 18.10 (SD = 7.01) to M = 17.72 (SD = 6.20). The illustrative within-group change in the intervention group was significant, t(49) = 7.41, p

Keywords: positive psychological interventions; self-esteem; young adults; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; positive psychology

How to Cite?: Sindhu N, "Effect of Positive Psychological Interventions on Self-Esteem in Young Adults", Volume 15 Issue 8, August 2026, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 2081-2083, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR26831212542, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR26831212542

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