Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case

The present study investigated (a) how specific aspects of psychosocial functioning (behavioral problems and global self-worth) are associated with academic achievement in spelling, arithmetic and reading; and (b) what is the effect of type of school (private vs. public) on this association. The sam...

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spelling Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian CaseAsociaciones entre funcionamiento psicosocial y rendimiento académico: el caso peruanoManrique Millones, Denisse Lisette; Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenVan Leeuwen, Karla; Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenGhesquière, Pol; Katholieke Universiteit Leuvennullself-worth, behavioral problems, academic achievement, childhood, Peru.The present study investigated (a) how specific aspects of psychosocial functioning (behavioral problems and global self-worth) are associated with academic achievement in spelling, arithmetic and reading; and (b) what is the effect of type of school (private vs. public) on this association. The sample for this study consisted of 901 regular school children attending 6th grade of primary education, living in the urban zones of Metropolitan Lima, Peru. Our research hypotheses were partially corroborated. The results showed a strong relationship between academic achievement and psychosocial functioning, with an important role of gender and school failure at the student level. Nevertheless, we could not confirm our multilevel assumption. There is no evidence that this relationship differs among schools. Practical implications are discussed..Pontificia Universidad Javeriananullnull2018-02-24T16:02:19Z2020-04-15T18:23:44Z2018-02-24T16:02:19Z2020-04-15T18:23:44Z2012-12-18http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Artículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPDFapplication/pdfhttp://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/20492011-27771657-9267http://hdl.handle.net/10554/32192spahttp://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/2049/5797Universitas Psychologica; Vol. 12, Núm. 3 (2013)Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2reponame:Repositorio Universidad Javerianainstname:Pontificia Universidad Javerianainstacron:Pontificia Universidad Javeriana2023-03-29T19:27:45Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
Asociaciones entre funcionamiento psicosocial y rendimiento académico: el caso peruano
title Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
spellingShingle Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
Manrique Millones, Denisse Lisette; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
null
self-worth, behavioral problems, academic achievement, childhood, Peru.
title_short Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
title_full Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
title_fullStr Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
title_full_unstemmed Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
title_sort Associations between Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Achievement: The Peruvian Case
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Manrique Millones, Denisse Lisette; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Van Leeuwen, Karla; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Ghesquière, Pol; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
author Manrique Millones, Denisse Lisette; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
author_facet Manrique Millones, Denisse Lisette; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Van Leeuwen, Karla; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Ghesquière, Pol; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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author2 Van Leeuwen, Karla; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Ghesquière, Pol; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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author
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null
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv null
self-worth, behavioral problems, academic achievement, childhood, Peru.
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self-worth, behavioral problems, academic achievement, childhood, Peru.
description The present study investigated (a) how specific aspects of psychosocial functioning (behavioral problems and global self-worth) are associated with academic achievement in spelling, arithmetic and reading; and (b) what is the effect of type of school (private vs. public) on this association. The sample for this study consisted of 901 regular school children attending 6th grade of primary education, living in the urban zones of Metropolitan Lima, Peru. Our research hypotheses were partially corroborated. The results showed a strong relationship between academic achievement and psychosocial functioning, with an important role of gender and school failure at the student level. Nevertheless, we could not confirm our multilevel assumption. There is no evidence that this relationship differs among schools. Practical implications are discussed.
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