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Self-concept, self-esteem and academic achievement: Strategies for maintaining self-esteem in students experiencing academic failure
| dc.contributor.author | Peixoto, Francisco José Brito | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, Leandro da Silva | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-15T10:56:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-15T10:56:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.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. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | European Journal of Psychology of Education, 25, 157-175 | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-2928 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1865 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada | por |
| dc.subject | Self-esteem | por |
| dc.subject | Self-concept | por |
| dc.subject | Academic achievement | por |
| dc.title | Self-concept, self-esteem and academic achievement: Strategies for maintaining self-esteem in students experiencing academic failure | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Lisboa | por |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 175 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 157 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | European Journal of Psychology of Education | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 25 | por |
| rcaap.rights | restrictedAccess | |
| rcaap.type | article | por |