Abdulghani Afnan Hamza, Almelhem Malak, Basmaih Ghadah, Alhumud Atheer, Alotaibi Rahaf, Wali Asiya, Abdulghani Hamza Mohammad
College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2020 Feb;27(2):636-642. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.11.026. Epub 2019 Dec 6.
Self-esteem refers to a degree to which a person esteem himself or herself, the summation in light of cognizant self-evaluative considerations and feeling or in short as global emotional placement of self. This study investigates the relationship between self-esteem, social factors, and academic achievement in the form of grade point average (GPA) standing for academic achievement in the health science colleges.
This study is a quantitative cross-sectional design. The study was conducted at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), and the participants were health Science Colleges' undergraduate students. The questionnaire is composed of 24 questions in 4 main sections. The self-esteem was evaluated by using a validated Rosenberg Self-Esteem 7-questions Scale used only.
A total of 551 questionnaires were distributed to the students, and 507 of them responded. Out of 507 responded, 7 were excluded due to a lack of the information. 47 (9.4%) were Foundation year students, 109 (21.8%) Medical students, 44 (8.8%) Dental students, 97 (19.4%) Pharmacy students, 101 (20.2%) Nursing students and 102 (20.4%) from Applied science. The students' overall responses demonstrated that most of the health science students agreed in a positive way of self-esteem (1.68 ± 0.31).
The findings from the current study contribute to the resources to better oversee projects to upgrade health sciences students' self-esteem, some short term courses (i.e. English, personality development and motivation) are requested to boost the academic career and confidence by lifting self-esteem; it indirectly helps to better academic performance. Students also need special counseling for how to deal with stress, anxiety and depression.
自尊是指一个人对自己的尊重程度，是基于有意识的自我评估考量与感受的总和，简而言之，是对自我的整体情感定位。本研究以平均绩点（GPA）代表健康科学学院的学业成绩，调查自尊、社会因素与学业成绩之间的关系。
本研究采用定量横断面设计。研究在努拉公主阿卜杜勒拉赫曼大学（PNU）进行，参与者为健康科学学院的本科生。问卷由4个主要部分的24个问题组成。仅使用经过验证的罗森伯格自尊7题量表来评估自尊。
共向学生发放了551份问卷，其中507人做出回应。在507名做出回应的学生中，有7人因信息缺失被排除。47名（9.4%）是基础年学生，109名（21.8%）是医学专业学生，44名（8.8%）是牙科专业学生，97名（19.4%）是药学专业学生，101名（20.2%）是护理专业学生，102名（20.4%）来自应用科学专业。学生的总体回答表明，大多数健康科学专业学生对自尊持积极肯定态度（1.68±0.31）。
本研究结果为更好地监督提升健康科学专业学生自尊的项目提供了资源，需要一些短期课程（如英语、个人发展和激励课程）来通过提升自尊促进学术生涯和增强信心；这间接有助于提高学业成绩。学生还需要关于如何应对压力、焦虑和抑郁的特殊咨询。
