title: [Self-esteem Level in Scholarized Adolescents of the Rural Area of Pereira, Colombia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the level of self-esteem of adolescents in a rural school of a district of Pereira.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students were called upon to participate, 292 agreed to undergo the test, while 20 abstained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a previous reliability test analysis, we found that 47.9% of students had low and very low self esteem. A multivariate model reported that self-esteem was reduced as age increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The academic community and the family must work together in order to improve self-esteem among teenagers in general.
authors.affiliation: Estudiante de XI semestre de Medicina y Cirugía, de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
authors.forename: Iris Tatiana Montes
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Estudiante de XI semestre de Medicina y Cirugía, de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
authors.forename: Viviana Escudero
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Médico general de la UTP, magister y doctor en Epidemiologia, especialista en Docencia Universitaria, docente titular de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, del Programa de Medicina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: jose01william@utp.edu.co.
authors.forename: José William
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Martínez
keywords: Autoestima; Self-esteem; adolescentes; bachillerato/colegio; high school/school; padres; parents; profesores; teachers; teenagers