Boys with complaints about school: self-perception, achievement, and behavior

• Autor(a) principal: FERREIRA, Andresa Aparecida
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: CONTE, Karina de Melo, MARTURANO, Edna Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/9008
• topic: Selfconcept; Selfefficacy; Behavior; Academic achievement; Autoconceito; Autoeficácia; Comportamento; Desempenho Escolar

The aim of this study was to characterize the self-perceptions of boys experiencing difficulties with school, as well as to ascertain the connection between these perceptions and indices of academic performance and behavioral problems. In a university-based clinic linked to the public health system, we assessed 50 boys, with complaints about school, between the ages of 6 and 11. The instruments used were, Raven Colored Progressive Matrices Test, School Performance Test, Self-Efficacy Assessment Form, Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Child Behavior Checklist. Results showed both global self-concept and self-efficacy to correlate modestly but significantly with academic performance measures. The self-concept of happiness correlated with all measures of school performance, while self-concept in terms of intellectual and academic status did not correlate with school performance at all. Self-perceptions bore no association with behavioral problems. There is a need for further studies to clarify this pattern of associations.