Autoconcepto en adolescentes: análisis diferencial por sexo

Abstract

The objective of this thesis called: "Self-concept in adolescents: differential analysis by sex" was identify the differential characteristics of self-concept by sex in a sample of adolescent students from Loja city. The study sample is about 178 students aged between 14 to 17 years. The research design has a quantitative approach, of descriptive type, correlational and transversal. The instruments used: The Scale of Self-concept AF-5 of García y Musito (1999) adapted by Malo Cerrato et al. (2014) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965) adapted to Spanish by Atienza, Moreno and Balaguer (2000). The results show: on average the participants present a self-concept and high self-esteem. In the academic / labor, emotional and physical dimensions for both sexes, it presents high scores and low scores as men as women in the social and family dimension. There is a positive relationship in some of the dimensions of self-concept and general self-esteem, scores are halves high for men and women and there is a small group of adolescents with lower scores that require attention.