The Interrelationship of Sex, Self - Esteem and Academic Achievement of Institutionalized Orphans and Non - Orphans
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2007-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is any interrelationship
between sex, self-esteem and academic achievement of institutionalized orphan and nonorphans
at Selam Children Village in Addis Ababa. This study was conducted in a
randomly sampled 200 non-orphan students (l00 boys &100 girls) and 83 (52 boys & 31
girls) institutionalized orphans through grades 5 to 8. The ages of the subject sample
ranges between 10 to 18 years. Self-esteem was measured using School Form of
Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and academic achievement was measured through the
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), which was computed based on participants'
grade points of total subjects. Mean comparison, t-test, Pearson Product Moment
correlation coefficient, and one-way ANOVA were computed to assess the significance of
difference between the self-esteem and academic achievement between groups, sexes,
grade level and living place of the students. Results showed that academic achievement
and self-esteem are significantly and positively correlated. Non-orphan students were
superior to institutionalized orphans ill their level of self-esteem and academic
achievement. Although through all grades female students' self-esteem mean score was
higher than males, there was 110 significant difference between the two groups.
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The Interrelationship of Sex, Self - Esteem, and Academic Achievement