The Effects of Self-Esteem on the Academic Performance of BSBA Student Leaders' Towards A Guide

Abstract

Having self-esteem on the academic performance is clearly influenced by countless variables that are intricately linked which make it challenging to investigate. It helps one to meet everyday challenges and stay on course to become all that one can be. Often the term self-esteem is muddled and confused as it becomes a label for such various aspects as self-image, self-acceptance, self-worth, self-love, self-trust, etc. The bottom line is, no reliable evidence supports self-esteem score as meaning much at all.A normative descriptive method was used. The researchers conducted focused group with student leaders as a respondents. Fifty selected student leaders including mayor, vice mayor and governor responded to a set of semi-structured questions. The effects and level of self-esteem eventually was also conducted with data collected through quantitative analysis as to measure their self-esteem on their academic performance. Many student leaders who participate in our focused groups have high effects of self-esteem on their academic performance as to communication skills, leadership and social skills. In some instances, establishing eye contact during conversation, listening to different points of views before ending to making decision and motivating others to achieve positive outcomes was the highest. Having high self-esteem could be identified and showed highest level while inflated and low self-esteem has a moderate level. The result demonstrated that the student leaders must be consistent to demonstrate respect, acceptance, and care towards other people in order to encourage students to compare their performance not to that of their peers but to personal goals and previous performance.