The Impact of Resilience and Self-Esteem on the Academic Score of Elementary School Children: Cross Cultural Analysis

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of resilience and self-esteem on the academic score, of Indian and European culture. It was conducted on children of the age gap 9-11 years old from elementary schools - The British Co-Ed School (Patiala, Punjab) and The St. Michael's School (Groningen, Netherlands). A total of 160 subject participated in the study, 80 from each school (consisting 40 girls and 40 boys). For this purpose, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale were used for measuring resilience and self-esteem respectively. A descriptive statistics, mean, t-tests, correlation, regression and ANOVA were done to characterize the sample concerning all the variables. The result indicates a couple of things, firstly, that the self-esteem and resilience in children differs across cultures. Secondly, that the Indian children perform well academically as compared to the European children. Next, that the boys have higher resilience than girls and that the girls have higher self-esteem across cultures. Also, that the boys show higher academic performance when compared to girls. Further, we learn that self-esteem has an impact on academic scores across cultures. Lastly, that the resilience has an impact on the academic scores of across cultures.