FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELF-ESTEEMOF CHINESE MAONAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aims to investigate what factors related and affecting the self-esteem of junior high school students in China. The participant of this study were 300 junior high school students of Maonan nationality in Guangxi, China in 2023. These students were randomly surveyed in three grades of junior high school. The data analysis uses Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The result is as follows: 1) There were significantly positive correlation among self-esteem of Maonan junior high school students in China with seven factors: Parental Support, Parent-Child Relationship, Academic Performance, Teacher-Student Relationship, Friend relationship, Social Using, Ethnic Identity and all at a level of .001 2)There were six factors that affect the self-esteem of Maonan junior high school students in China at .001 level: Parental Support, Parent-Child Relationship, Academic Performance, Teacher-Student Relationship, Friend Relationship, and Ethnic Identity. 3) There is no significant affect between self-esteem and Social Using of Chinese Maonan junior high school students. 4) The significantly predicted equation of studying self-esteem of Chinese Maonan junior high school students at a level of .001 were: Ŷ = 1.281 +0.232 X5 +0. 221 X3+ 0.153 X4 +0.129 X2 +0.128X1+0.126X7. and (5) in terms of the standard scores were: Z =0.234 X5 +0.230 X3+ 0.161 X4+0.138 X2 +0.137X1+0.125X7.

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