Sănătatea mintală şi stima de sine corelate cu performanţele academice ale tinerilor din învăţământul din Sri Lanka

Abstract

Objectives. This research investigation was done to study the relationship between mental health and self-esteem with academic achievement among Sri Lankan youths. Method. The sample for this study was selected using purposive sampling from educational institutions of Ampara District, Sri Lanka. The total number of samples was 516. The age range of the participants in this study was from 16 to 24 years old (mean age: 19.2 years old). Standard tools were used for data processing, such as the Mental Health Scale developed by Kamlesh Sharma and the Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale. Further, academic achievement was measured using secondary data, such as semester marks list of youth from schools, colleges and universities. The personnel information plan created by the researcher was used to collect information along with relevant demographic and social data. The pretested questionnaire was reliable, being validated before the final data collection. The data analysis method was developed in this study. The informants were contacted individually by the investigator, and the data were obtained through questionnaires. Data retention is limited to a period of three months. Results. A statistical analysis, using the t-test, ANOVA, correlations and regressions, was performed. The result revealed that, out of eight demographic variables in this study, five variables (i.e., age, locality, father’s education, parent’s income and type of family) were in a significant correlation with mental health of youths and, also, only two variables (i.e., locality and type of family) were in significant correlation with the self-esteem of the youths. Further results revealed that, out of eight demographic variables in this study, seven variables (i.e., age, gender, locality, father’s education, mother’s education, parent’s income and type of family) had a significant correlation with the academic achievement of youths. Conclusions. The results indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between mental health and self-esteem with the academic achievements of youths.