Honors Theses
Advisor
Erin O’Mara, Ph.D.
Department
Psychology
Publication Date
4-2018
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
The research sought to examine if there was an association between performance self-esteem (i.e., self-worth regarding academic performance) and stress (perceived and physiological) on end of semester grade point average (GPA) in college students. It is hypothesized that the effect of performance self-esteem on GPA at the end of the semester will vary by stress. In the two part longitudinal study participants completed measures to assess performance self-esteem and perceived stress. Participants also provided two saliva samples to assess the steroid hormone cortisol, before and after an acute lab stressor task. Participants were for permission for the researchers to access their official GPA from the University’s registrar. The results showed the effects of perceived stress and performance self-esteem on GPA varied by sex. Physiological stress was not found to have an association with GPA and did not interact with performance selfesteem to predict GPA.
Permission Statement
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Keywords
Undergraduate research
Disciplines
Psychology
eCommons Citation
Pagan, Angel J., "The Influence of Self-Esteem and Stress on Academic Performance in College Students" (2018). Honors Theses. 180.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/180
