Self-Esteem, Academic Achievement, Field of Study and Gender Differences: The Case of the Students at the Lebanese University, Lebanon

Abstract

This research aimed to study the correlation between self-esteem, on one hand, and academic achievement, field of study and gender on the other hand.

The population of our study comprised 35 high-achieving and 313 normally achieving students at the Lebanese University. Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to assess the participants' levels of self-esteem.

The results showed that the mean scores of self-esteem in high-achieving and normally achieving students did not statistically differ (p = .075 > .05). Likewise, the correlation between self-esteem and gender difference did not reveal any significant difference (p = .902 > .05). Nevertheless, basic sciences' students scored significantly higher on self-esteem scale compared to educational sciences students (p =.038 < .05).