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Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement Insights by Aybeng is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study examined the relationship between academic self-esteem, general self-esteem, and school achievement using data from 4572 Estonian students. The researchers found that while academic self-esteem strongly predicts school performance, general self-esteem is also a significant predictor when controlling for academic self-esteem, with lower rather than higher general self-esteem relating to better performance. Two mechanisms, defensive pessimism and self-protective enhancement, may explain why lower g

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Aybeng

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EN