abstract background: one of the most critical periods of the life of a person is adolescence. during this period, individuals face many problems such as low self‑esteem. self‑esteem can be influenced by many factors such as school, friends, and inner personality, but it seems that the family has a crucial role in shaping self‑esteem. therefore, the present study aimed to determine the relations...

We investigated the relationships between global self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and academic performance among a sample of 255 college students in the United Arab Emirates. The widely used Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) and an academic self-efficacy scale, modified from (Jinks and Morgan, 1999) were used to assess student’s self-esteem and their academic self-efficac...

BACKGROUND Self-esteem and behavioral consequences, which are due to external or internal locus of control, are effective on academic achievement of students. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prediction of locus of control and self-esteem in academic achievement among the students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 college students in...

according to studies, self-esteem plays an important role in mental health. self-esteem is also one of the most important correlates of anxiety, especially social anxiety. being anxiety in adolescents make negative impacts on their academic performance, mental health and social function. this study aims to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and mental health, according to the medi...

Stress and self-esteem are common issues that everyone has to cope with at some time in their lives and they could also affect other things going on in a persons' life. Academic stress is psychological condition often experienced by college students as, to some extent, being multidimensional variables. Among others are self-esteem and psychological well-being which are considered to have influe...

methods the current cross sectional study included all female high school students in tehran in the 2014 - 2015 academic year. of these, 477 females were selected by multistage cluster sampling. results the results of the correlation matrix was indicative of a significant negative relationship between self-esteem and self-concept clarity with social comparison (p < 0.000). there was a significa...

Self-esteem is an important academic construct in the process of education. It is how people feel about themselves and how much they like themselves, especially socially and academically when it comes to college students. Through the many pressures and daunting responsibilities of being a student, one learns and understands the importance of having a high self-esteem in college. Research has es...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of life skills training schedule on self-esteem and academic self-efficacy of the one - grade high school male students. forty male students of one - grade high school from district of six in tehran city were chosen with the multi – stage random sampling. groups had been matched with a view to academic achievement and iq coefficient. they...