Self-esteem and academic achievement: a comparative study of adolescent students in England and the United States |
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| Authors: | Margaret Zoller Booth Jean M Gerard |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy , Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio, USA;2. School of Family and Consumer Sciences , Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio, USA |
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| Abstract: | Utilizing mixed methodology, this paper investigates the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement for young adolescents within two Western cultural contexts: the United States and England. Quantitative and qualitative data from 86 North American and 86 British adolescents were utilized to examine the links between self-esteem and academic achievement from the beginning to the end of their academic year during their 11th–12th year of age. For both samples, quantitative results demonstrated that fall self-esteem was related to multiple indicators of later year academic achievement. While country differences emerge by the end of the year, math appears to have a consistent relationship with self-esteem in both country contexts. Qualitative analyses found some support for British students’ self-perceptions as more accurately reflecting their academic experience than the students from the United States. |
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| Keywords: | early adolescence self-esteem academic achievement England United States |
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