Self-concept, self-esteem and academic achievement: strategies for maintaining self-esteem in students experiencing academic failure |
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Authors: | Francisco Peixoto Leandro S Almeida |
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Institution: | 1. Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, R. Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041, Lisbon, Portugal 2. Instituto de Educa??o e Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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Abstract: | Previous research into the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement shows that despite differences in academic
self-evaluation, students’ global self-representations do not differ as a result of their grades at school. In this study,
we will analyse the strategies that underachievers used to maintain their self-esteem at an acceptable level. The participants
were 955 adolescents in the 7th, 9th and 11th grades at four secondary schools in Lisbon. Three hundred fifty-two of these
students had retaken a year at least once in their school careers, whilst 603 had never done so. We collected the data using
both a self-concept scale and a scale for evaluating attitudes towards school. Results show that self-esteem is maintained
through positive self-representations in non-academic facets of self-concept and/or by devaluing school-related competences.
They also show that younger students are less likely to maintain self-esteem by devaluing the school experience. |
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