Abstract

• The main purpose of this study was to investigate children’s perception of inter-parental conflict and self esteem. Descriptive survey research method was applied and quantitative data analysis was executed in this study. For inter-parental conflict, three instruments with 65 items were used. For self-esteem, two instruments with 58 items were used. A total of 843 students from basic education schools (435 males and 408 females) were randomly selected. Grade 6 & 7 students in Shan State, Mandalay Region and Magway Region were examined. The descriptive statistics, the independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted. Besides, Post-Hoc test, Pearson’s Product-Moment correlation, and regression analysis were undertaken. According to descriptive statistics, children’s perception of inter-parental conflict was quite prominent and their self-esteem was relatively high. Based on the result of the independent sample t-test, there was no significant difference in children’s perception of inter-parental conflict and self-esteem according to gender and grade. According to the result of One-way ANOVA, there was no significant difference in children’s perception of inter-parental conflict and self-esteem. The result of Pearson’s Product Moment correlation showed that there was a significant relationship between children’s perception on inter-parental conflict and their self-esteem. Regression was conducted to investigate the best prediction of self-esteem scores.