Title
Social skills, self-concept and self-esteem in Peruvian high school students
Other title
Habilidades sociales, autoconcepto y autoestima en adolescentes Peruanos de educación secundaria
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Hipatia Editorial
Abstract
The main objective of the research was to know the relationship between social skills, self-concept and self-esteemin Peruvian high school students. The research approach was quantitative with correlational scope and non-experimental-transeccional type. The sample consisted of 324 teenage students from the last two years of high school from different schools in Lima, Peru. The results indicated a positive and medium relationship between social skills and self-concept, the physical, social, personal and sense of control self-concept which have the highest correlation index. A positive and medium relationship between social skills and self-esteem was also found, on the other hand, the relationship between self-concept and self-esteem proved to be large and positive. The evidence showed that men have higher scores in the three variables. Furthermore, adolescents in public schools and those who study with a competency methodology have greater self-concept. No differences were found according to the age of the participants.
Start page
293
End page
324
Volume
9
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la educación Psicología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85094169340
Source
International Journal of Sociology of Education
ISSN of the container
20143575
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus