STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 11
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mental-, physical-, emotional- and social-well-being are various aspects influenced by education. And so is self-esteem. The term self-esteem comes from Greek word meaning “reverence for self”; self-esteem is acceptance of us for who and what we are at a given period of time in our lives; it may be positive or negative orientation towards self. Past literature reveals that academic achievement is directly proportional to self-esteem. According to random house dictionary of English, Academic Achievement has been defined as accomplishment especially by superior ability, special effort and great valour. Is self-esteem really boosted by academic achievement? MATERIALS AND METHODS To verify the above fact, a study was planned to find the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement of senior secondary high school students. For this, 100 high school children both male and female were randomly selected from various senior secondary schools of Hisar and adjoining villages. Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale was used to measure self-esteem after taking consent from students and their principals. To measure academic achievement, students’ annual scores of 10th standard were taken from school records. RESULTS After entering data in SPSS, data was analysed using appropriate statistical techniques. Descriptive and correlation methods were used to analyse data. There was no statistical difference observed between academic achievement and self-esteem when boys and girls were compared. But when the sample was taken as whole there is significant positive relationship between selfesteem and academic achievement scores of senior secondary school students. CONCLUSION Academic achievement increases self-esteem also linearly and symmetrically.
Authors and Affiliations
Ajay Malhotra, Archna Sharma, Ajanta Ajanta, Sanju Bala
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