DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i04.034

Pages: 1283-1286

Adolescence is a very sensitive and of the most critical stages of the life. It's important to care about the contributing factors in the individuals' academic success. This study aims to evaluate the effective factors on the selfesteem of adolescent school girls. The method in this is a descriptive analytic study which was conducted on 701 adolescent students, who were in two schools across Region IV Education Service Center. Data collection was done by applying Demographic information form and Coppersmith Self-Esteem scale. Finally, data were analyzed by using SPSS software; T- test, Chi-square, and ANOVA. In Results the Data analysis reported 16% as the prevalence of low selfesteem (n = 112), about 33/1% (232 patients) had good GPA. The correlation coefficient test demonstrated a significant relationship between the variables of self-esteem and the student's Grade Point Average (p <0.001). Moreover, a significant correlation was observed between students' self-esteem, the paternal age (p <0.001), maternal age (p <0.001) and students age (p <0.001). Also, a significant correlation was observed between the number of children, self-esteem (p <0.04) and Grade Point Average. In conclusion High student's self-esteem was in association with their academic achievement. Therefore, it's important for both teachers and universities to care about students' self-concept and selfesteem and ask them to focus on their strengths rather than their weak points.