Publisher's Synopsis
Life is beautiful one must live and enjoy a happy, engaged and meaningful good life. With
Positivity people can learn optimism which can lead to more productive and happier lives.
With the aim of living good life one needs to be physically and psychologically healthy. It
may help understanding emotions like excitement, satisfaction, pride and awe which are
connected with positive outcomes in life.
A shift in psychological research is recent, instead of focusing on pathology, the examination
of the positive aspects has been more important.
Many things could be studied about adolescents like how their bodies work, how they behave
in various contexts, how they solve problems and make decisions, how they relate to each
other, how they learn new skills and ideas, what attitudes they have about various issues,
what factors affect their attitudes and abilities, and so forth. Investigation reveals that
adolescents are an extraordinarily diverse group of people.
Optimism and well-being, which are main emphasis of the current study, are two important
components of positive psychology.
The aim of this book endeavor is to glimpse the relationship between self-efficacy
and self-esteem on the general well-being of the adolescents. The topic was selected
by keeping in mind the current mind set of adolescents.
Adolescence is a time when young people want to take new responsibilities and
experiment with independence. They look for identity, learn to apply values acquired in early
childhood and develop skills which will help them become caring and responsible adults.
World Health Organization defines adolescence "as the period in human growth
and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from ages 10 to19".
It represents one of the critical transitions in the life span and is characterized by a
tremendous pace in growth and change that is second only to that of infancy (WHO,
2015).
Adolescence period of life bridges childhood and adulthood. This
changing period is characterized by significant biological, cognitive, and psychosocial
changes.
Adolescence marks a period of rapid change in an individual as he moves from
childhood to adulthood. These changes are biological, psychological, emotional and social.
Adolescence word came from the Latin word - adolescere' which means 'to grow'.
