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| Resumo: | 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. |
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| Autores principais: | Peixoto, Francisco José Brito |
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| Outros Autores: | Almeida, Leandro da Silva |
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| Assunto: | Self-esteem Self-concept Academic achievement |
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| Ano: | 2010 |
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| País: | Portugal |
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
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| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
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| Instituição associada: | Ispa-Instituto Universitário |
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| Idioma: | inglês |
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| Origem: | Repositório do Ispa - Instituto Universitário |
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