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Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Objective: To analyze the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem, happiness index and primary school students’ academic performance in Chilean adolescents from the Biobío province. Methodology: 733 (46.1% girls; 12 (1.3 years)) public primary school students that completed the 2018 Health and Sch...

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Autores principales: Zapata-Lamana, Rafael, Sanhueza-Campos, Cristian, Stuardo-Álvarez, Marcia, Ibarra-Mora, Jessica, Mardones-Contreras, Marcela, Reyes-Molina, Daniel, Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime, Lasserre-Laso, Nicole, Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Parra-Rizo, Maria Antonia, Cigarroa, Igor
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770200
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111685
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author Zapata-Lamana, Rafael
Sanhueza-Campos, Cristian
Stuardo-Álvarez, Marcia
Ibarra-Mora, Jessica
Mardones-Contreras, Marcela
Reyes-Molina, Daniel
Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime
Lasserre-Laso, Nicole
Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Parra-Rizo, Maria Antonia
Cigarroa, Igor
author_facet Zapata-Lamana, Rafael
Sanhueza-Campos, Cristian
Stuardo-Álvarez, Marcia
Ibarra-Mora, Jessica
Mardones-Contreras, Marcela
Reyes-Molina, Daniel
Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime
Lasserre-Laso, Nicole
Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Parra-Rizo, Maria Antonia
Cigarroa, Igor
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description Objective: To analyze the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem, happiness index and primary school students’ academic performance in Chilean adolescents from the Biobío province. Methodology: 733 (46.1% girls; 12 (1.3 years)) public primary school students that completed the 2018 Health and School Performance Survey carried out in the Biobío province were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The BECK Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to measure anxiety while happiness index and self-esteem were measured using the subjective happiness scale and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, respectively. School performance was measured by grade point average (GPA) of language, math, physical education and cumulative GPA, and behavior associated with cognition in the school context was also considered. The relationship between mental health indicators and school performance was investigated using a one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation. Results: In comparison to students with low anxiety levels and high self-esteem and happiness levels, students with higher anxiety levels, lower self-esteem and happiness levels perceived themselves as having memory problems. They were also slower to solve math problems, had a shorter attention span in class and presented more difficulties in solving complex tasks, as well as being more nervous during testing. These students also got the lowest grade point average in math, language and physical education. Conclusions: High anxiety levels, low self-esteem and low happiness levels were associated with lower school performance and weaker behavior associated with cognition in Chilean adolescents. Implementing plans of emotional education and mental health could improve academic achievement.
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spelling pubmed-85829002021-11-12 Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Zapata-Lamana, Rafael Sanhueza-Campos, Cristian Stuardo-Álvarez, Marcia Ibarra-Mora, Jessica Mardones-Contreras, Marcela Reyes-Molina, Daniel Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime Lasserre-Laso, Nicole Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe Petermann-Rocha, Fanny Parra-Rizo, Maria Antonia Cigarroa, Igor Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Objective: To analyze the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem, happiness index and primary school students’ academic performance in Chilean adolescents from the Biobío province. Methodology: 733 (46.1% girls; 12 (1.3 years)) public primary school students that completed the 2018 Health and School Performance Survey carried out in the Biobío province were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The BECK Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to measure anxiety while happiness index and self-esteem were measured using the subjective happiness scale and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, respectively. School performance was measured by grade point average (GPA) of language, math, physical education and cumulative GPA, and behavior associated with cognition in the school context was also considered. The relationship between mental health indicators and school performance was investigated using a one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation. Results: In comparison to students with low anxiety levels and high self-esteem and happiness levels, students with higher anxiety levels, lower self-esteem and happiness levels perceived themselves as having memory problems. They were also slower to solve math problems, had a shorter attention span in class and presented more difficulties in solving complex tasks, as well as being more nervous during testing. These students also got the lowest grade point average in math, language and physical education. Conclusions: High anxiety levels, low self-esteem and low happiness levels were associated with lower school performance and weaker behavior associated with cognition in Chilean adolescents. Implementing plans of emotional education and mental health could improve academic achievement. MDPI 2021-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8582900/ /pubmed/34770200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111685 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zapata-Lamana, Rafael
Sanhueza-Campos, Cristian
Stuardo-Álvarez, Marcia
Ibarra-Mora, Jessica
Mardones-Contreras, Marcela
Reyes-Molina, Daniel
Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime
Lasserre-Laso, Nicole
Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Parra-Rizo, Maria Antonia
Cigarroa, Igor
Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title_full Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title_fullStr Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title_short Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
title_sort anxiety, low self-esteem and a low happiness index are associated with poor school performance in chilean adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770200
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111685
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