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Eskelä-Haapanen, Sirpa; Vasalampi, Kati; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This mixed-method study examines students' expectations and concerns before transitioning from primary to lower secondary school and the role of students' school-related wellbeing and self-esteem in their concerns. Students reported their beliefs about the forthcoming school transition and filled in a questionnaire assessing school burnout and…
Descriptors: Expectation, Student Adjustment, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Huurre, Taina Maarit; Komulainen, Erkki Juhani; Aro, Hillevi Marita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
The social support and self-esteem of 115 adolescents with visual impairments who attended mainstream Finnish schools, and a control group of 607 classmates were assessed. Self-esteem of the adolescents did not differ; relationships with friends contributed to the enhancement of the self-esteem of the adolescents with visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Peer Acceptance
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Salminen, Simo – Adolescence, 1994
In these two separate studies of self-esteem, Study One showed that Finnish adolescents valued popularity more than academic and athletic success when compared to American students. Study Two revealed that students with low self-esteem embraced traditional sex roles more prominently than students with high self-esteem. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conformity, Congruence (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies