title: Self-esteem and Arab-American elementary students.
abstract: This study assessed self-esteem and the relation between self-esteem and academic achievement in a sample of Arab-American elementary students who completed the What I Think About Myself Self-esteem Inventory. 123 students' (M age = 8.7 yr., 65 boys and 58 girls) self-esteem scores were associated with their academic achievement. Alpha internal consistency reliability was acceptable (Cronbach's α = .85) for the inventory. The results also indicated that the participants tended to have healthy self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Baltimore.
authors.forename: Haitham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
authors.forename: Eiman F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Abushihab
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008877:Middle East / Q000208:ethnology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States