The Effect of Appearance Satisfaction on Self-esteem: Interpersonal Relationship Experience Mediation-Focusing on High School Students

Researchers widely explored non-intellective study factors because they play a central role in academic performance and are potentially more modifiable than intellective ones. The scientific literature suggests that the non-intellective factors can be classified into three main areas: self-concept, which refers to self-esteem and efficacy, motivation and emotional reactions; the area of study, related to study dedication and operative skills; and the area of relationships, comprising those with family, fellow students and teachers. Basing on these findings, the C-Comp Scale has been developed and tested in the past, addressed to college students. This study aimed to adapt and test a new version of this questionnaire on high school students. Methods. A pilot study was conducted on 364 Italian high school students to adapt and test the new version of the questionnaire, called the H-Comp Scale. The following study, conducted on 792 Italian high school students, provided further evidence of its reliability, structural validity, and concurrent validity with general self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, and academic performance. Results. The H-Comp Scale showed to possess excellent reliability and structural and concurrent validity. The final version is composed of twelve subscales, aggregated in three areas, with just 48 items: Study (Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Time Management, Study Dedication), Self (Learning Assessment, General Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, Reaction to Failures, Emotional Control), and Relationships (Family Relationships, Fellow Student Relationships, Teacher Relationships). Conclusions. The H-Comp Scale would be a useful and easy-to-use instrument to support school counselors, tutors, teachers, and researchers in exploring different types of non-intellective variables, to better project educational intervention aimed to improve high school students’ academic performance and satisfaction.

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Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem between Physical Education Class Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being among Chinese High School Students

Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies ◽

10.51979/kssls.2019.02.75.333 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 333-344

Author(s):

Xue-Ying Guo ◽

Sung-Min Oh ◽

Ji-Hang Lee

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Physical Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Physical Education Class ◽

School Students ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Education Class

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LONELINESS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE RELATION OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SELF-ESTEEM WITH LONELINESS

Journal Human Research in Rehabilitation ◽

10.21554/hrr.042004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 31-40

Author(s):

Nataša Kostić ◽

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Šuajb Solaković ◽

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Research Problem ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Significant Relation ◽

School Students ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Significant Difference

The research problem relates to the examination of the relationof socio-demographic characteristics (gender, level of education and the place where most of childhood was spent) and the self-esteem of the respondents with loneliness.In investigating this problem, the focus was primarily on the perception of the distribution of loneliness, and the examination of the relation of independent variables (socio-demographic characteristics and self-esteem) with the dependent variable (loneliness).The sample of respondents consists of 677 high school students (49.34%) and college students (50.66%) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The range of years of subjects ranges from 15 to 23 (AS = 18.696).The results of the study show that there is a statistically significant difference in loneliness with regard to gender (U = 38672.000, Z = -6.122, p = .000), to the level of education (U = 42292.500, Z = -5.905, p = .000) and the place in which the respondents spent most of their childhood (χ2 = 9.383, df = 2, sig = .009). The results show that there is a statistically significant relation between self-esteem and loneliness (ro = -.401, sig = .000, N = 676).

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The Relationship between Attitudes towards Physical Activity and Self-Esteem of High School Students

Asian Journal of Education and Training ◽

10.20448/journal.522.2019.51.70.73 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 70-73

Author(s):

H. Fatih KUCUKIBIS ◽

Mehmet GUL

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Personal Information ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Study Data ◽

School Students ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards physical activity and self-esteem of high school students. Three different scales were used on 626 adolescents in total who lived in Sivas, found by random sampling method. The first scale is “the Personal Information Scale” consisting of 6 items to determine the demographical characteristics of the participants; the second scale is “the Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity Questionnaire (CBPA)”, which was developed by Schembre et al. (2015) and was adapted to Turkish by Eskiler et al. (2016) to determine the participants’ attitudes towards physical activity; and the last scale is “the Self-Esteem Scale” by Rosenberg (1965) and adapted to Turkish by Çuhadaroğlu (1985) to determine the levels of self-esteem of the participants. The study data was analyzed by SPSS 25 package software. The obtained data were represented as values of frequency (f), percentage (%), average (x-), and standard deviation (±). Pearson Correlation analysis was applied in order to determine the effect of physical activity attitudes on self-esteem. The age average of the participants was determined to be 16,28 (±0,97). The gender distribution was 312 females and 314 males, and the number of those who were participating in licensed sports was 336, and that of those who were not was 290. It was determined that there was a positive correlation between the participants’ attitude towards physical activity and their self-esteem. In conclusion, a positive correlation was found between the attitude towards physical activity and self-esteem. In the study, it was suggested that the tendencies towards physical activity should be protected.

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