The self-esteem in adult women are the instruments for expressing themselves without any psychological disturbances in different situations. It is essential for a better emotional wellbeing and to maintain socially supportive relationships. Aim of the study: To assess the levels of self-esteem among adult women. Methodology: A descriptive research design was adopted for the collecting data from fifty adult women from a selected area, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India using purposive sampling technique. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale were used to assess the levels of self-esteem in adult women. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Majority of the adult women were 37(74%) had low self-esteem, 13(26%) had average self-esteem. The Significant associations were found between the levels of self esteem scores with the selected demographic variables, order of birth (x2 =16.75), type of family (x2 =10.57) and education of women (x2 =16.81).
