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:	Rafael Zapata-Lamana, Cristian Sanhueza-Campos, Marcia Stuardo-Álvarez, Jessica Ibarra-Mora, Marcela Mardones-Contreras, Daniel Reyes-Molina, Jaime Vásquez-Gómez, Nicole Lasserre-Laso, Felipe Poblete-Valderrama, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo, Igor Cigarroa
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	mental health anxiety self-esteem happiness subjective well-being school performance Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ce846202b73247d5921a498c23b9ace32021-11-11T16:46:19ZAnxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis10.3390/ijerph1821116851660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/ce846202b73247d5921a498c23b9ace32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11685https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Objective: 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.Rafael Zapata-LamanaCristian Sanhueza-CamposMarcia Stuardo-ÁlvarezJessica Ibarra-MoraMarcela Mardones-ContrerasDaniel Reyes-MolinaJaime Vásquez-GómezNicole Lasserre-LasoFelipe Poblete-ValderramaFanny Petermann-RochaMaria Antonia Parra-RizoIgor CigarroaMDPI AGarticlemental healthanxietyself-esteemhappinesssubjective well-beingschool performanceMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11685, p 11685 (2021)
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spellingShingle	mental health anxiety self-esteem happiness subjective well-being school performance Medicine R Rafael Zapata-Lamana Cristian Sanhueza-Campos Marcia Stuardo-Álvarez Jessica Ibarra-Mora Marcela Mardones-Contreras Daniel Reyes-Molina Jaime Vásquez-Gómez Nicole Lasserre-Laso Felipe Poblete-Valderrama Fanny Petermann-Rocha Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo Igor Cigarroa Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem and a Low Happiness Index Are Associated with Poor School Performance in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
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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author	Rafael Zapata-Lamana Cristian Sanhueza-Campos Marcia Stuardo-Álvarez Jessica Ibarra-Mora Marcela Mardones-Contreras Daniel Reyes-Molina Jaime Vásquez-Gómez Nicole Lasserre-Laso Felipe Poblete-Valderrama Fanny Petermann-Rocha Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo Igor Cigarroa
author_facet	Rafael Zapata-Lamana Cristian Sanhueza-Campos Marcia Stuardo-Álvarez Jessica Ibarra-Mora Marcela Mardones-Contreras Daniel Reyes-Molina Jaime Vásquez-Gómez Nicole Lasserre-Laso Felipe Poblete-Valderrama Fanny Petermann-Rocha Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo Igor Cigarroa
author_sort	Rafael Zapata-Lamana
title	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_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_sort	anxiety, low self-esteem and a low happiness index are associated with poor school performance in chilean adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ce846202b73247d5921a498c23b9ace3
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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

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