132ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL ANXIETY AND SELF ESTEEM BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL ADOLESCENTS STUDYING AT SELECTED SCHOOLChildren are the corner stone of a family, society and country. Parents and teachers play an important role in socializing them. Teenage is a beautiful phase of life where dreams are built and the child turns into energetic and confident individual. This maturation connects with physical change and hormonal changes, due to the hormonal changes. It is very common to come across mood swings in this stage of development which has an impact on their psychological development. Hence they need a peaceful home environment and relationship between the parents play a significant role in improving the child’s abilities and performance in various fields. Therefore parents play a vital role in their child’s brought up, proper care, affection and a peaceful environment improves the self esteem of an individual which helps to reduce the social anxiety to face any kind of situation.anithadavidd@rediffmail.comResearch492014Social anxiety,Self esteem,AdolescentsPersia Florence Priyadharshini D,Anita David,Geetha DStudent (CHN), College of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.,Reader (CHN), Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.,Lecture (CHN), Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.