Self-esteem and academic performance of nursing students in poza rica, veracruz, mexico

Authors

  • Fabiola Cruz Núñez Veracruz University
  • Abel Quinones Urquijo University of Cienfuegos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.13275

Keywords:

self-esteem, general, social, home, school, academic performance

Abstract

The article stems from research results obtained in the project: Self-esteem and academic achievement, whose overall objective was to determine the relation-ship between two variables, students in the School of Nursing Poza Rica, Veracruz University. It was a correlational study with explanatory value, self-esteem was assessed with the implementation of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory.

In terms of academic performance were obtained through semi-weighted averages of the transcript. As noted results regarding self-esteem, 19% of students have high self-esteem, in which 16% of students academic performance and good to excellent in 3% is fair to low. Which can be inferred from Rogers (2001) the importance of self-concept and positive self-esteem in cognitive and affective processes of students, hence the need to promote the university, his self-esteem

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Author Biographies

Fabiola Cruz Núñez, Veracruz University

Doctor of Education, full-time professor at the Faculty of Nursing at the Veracruz University, Poza Rica, Veracruz.

Abel Quinones Urquijo, University of Cienfuegos

Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences, Full-time Professor at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba.

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Published

2012-10-24

How to Cite

Cruz Núñez, F., & Quinones Urquijo, A. (2012). Self-esteem and academic performance of nursing students in poza rica, veracruz, mexico. Uni-Pluriversidad, 12(1), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.13275

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND UNPUBLISHED ESSAYS

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