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Student Self-Esteem

Author : Gail McEachron-Hirsh

Publisher : R&L Education

Page : 459 pages

File Size : 44,13 MB

Release : 1995-09-28

Category : Education

ISBN : 1461663687

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From foreword: Few psychological variables affecting the lives of children are given as much emphasis by mental health professionals and the general public as self-esteem. Psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan viewed the concept of self as the "bedrock of the human personality," and a deterioration in self-esteem has long been associated by both clinicians and researchers with a wide range of difficulties - from depression and delinquency to eating disorders and school failure. The message has not been lost on parents and teachers, who constantly search for ways to improve the motivation and well-being of their children by helping them enhance their self-concept. As one popular book on the subject tells its readers, self-esteem is no less than the "mainspring that slates every child for success or failure as a human being." Careful observations of the child tend to reinforce the validity of such views-and thus the importance of this unusually rich volume.





An Examination of the Relationship Between School Climate, Self-Determined Academic Motivation, and Academic Outcomes Among Middle and High School Students

Author : Daniel T. Volk

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,6 MB

Release : 2020

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The purpose of this study was to explore connections among student perceptions of specific school climate-factors, self-determined academic motivation, and academic outcomes in a sample of middle and high school students (sixth through eleventh grade). Structural equation modeling techniques were used to identify meaningful grade specific associations within a sample of 2,463 students. The school climate factors of perceived teacher support, peer support, and school bullying emerged as the most salient school climate-based predictors of academic motivation factors. Perceived teacher support positively predicted academic competence and relatedness, whereas school bullying negatively predicted relatedness. Student academic competence, in turn, was found to negatively predict amotivation and to positively predict of GPA, after controlling for previous standardized test scores. Results were found to be consistent across grades. The implications of these findings in regards to school stakeholder practices and future research directions within the school climate and academic motivation literature bases are discussed.