The objective of the research was to establish the influence of dramatization as a didactic resource for the development of self-esteem. The research was applied, under the quantitative approach, with an experimental design. The sample of 44 university students was made up of two groups: one of control and the other experimental. The instrument used to measure self-esteem was the Coopersmith questionnaire. For the results, U-Mann-Whitney was used; These results evidenced that dramatization, as a didactic resource, significantly influences the development of self-esteem in university students.