| dc.contributor.author | Kyobe, Faruk | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-07T09:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-07T09:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8161 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted to the school of psychology in partial fulfillment for the award of a bachelor’s degree of community psychology of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the relationship between stress, self-esteem and academic performance among secondary school adolescents. It adopted a correlational research design. A sample of 100 adolescents both boys (49) and girls (51) aged between 12-20 years were selected by use of simple random sampling technique. Perceived stress scale was used for measuring stress (1994), Rosenberg self-esteem inventory (1965) for measuring self-esteem, and Ceveapeu questionnaire for measuring academic performance (Gergallo et al. 2009) Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to test the significance of the hypotheses. Results revealed that there is a significant relationship between stress and self-esteem, self-esteem and academic performance among school going adolescents. Additionally, results also revealed that there is a significant relationship between stress and academic performance among school going adolescents among adolescents in Bulenga. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stress | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | Secondary school | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic perfomance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bulenga | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wakiso district | en_US |
| dc.title | Stress, self-esteem and academic performance among secondary school adolescents in Bulenga, Wakiso district | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
