Resilience and self-esteem prevalence on educational institutionsstudents' school performance from Ate Vitarte, Lima

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and relationship among resilience, self-esteem and school performance in third, fourth and fifth grade secondary students from Ate Vitarte district's educational institutions, Lima department. Methods: Correlational descriptive research. A representative sample of 233 students from three grades was selected; the Resilience Scale (RE) was applied, which is formed by 12 items divided into three areas, 04 items for each one, what they measure, personal fulfillment, self-determination and self-confidence. To measure the self-esteem variable, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965) was used, adapted to the sample ages by Villalba (1992). Results: There is a statistically difference in the students frequencies from the different resilience and self-esteem levels. The review shows that the prevailing level is high, there is the 71,70 % of students or 7 out of 10. The prevailing level of self-esteem is high too, there is the 76 % of students or 7 out of 10. The prevailing level in academic performance that characterizes the sample is the low level; there is the 54,50 % of students, or 5 out of 10. Conclusions: The prevalence level of both resilience and self-esteem in students is high and in school performance is low, also here exists a significant statistically relationship between resilience levels, self-esteem and school performance.