Abstract

MONTES GONZALEZ, Iris Tatiana; ESCUDERO RAMIREZ, Viviana  and  MARTINEZ, José William. Self-esteem Level in Scholarized Adolescents of the Rural Area of Pereira, Colombia. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2012, vol.41, n.3, pp.485-495. ISSN 0034-7450.

Objective: To assess the level of self-esteem of adolescents in a rural school of a district of Pereira. Methods: Students were called upon to participate, 292 agreed to undergo the test, while 20 abstained. Results: After a previous reliability test analysis, we found that 47.9% of students had low and very low self-esteem. A multivariate model reported that self-esteem was reduced as age increased. Conclusions: The academic community and the family must work together in order to improve self-esteem among teenagers in general.

Keywords : Self-esteem; teenagers; teachers; parents; high school/school.

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