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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
ALONSO PALACIO, Luz Marina and MURCIA GANDARA, Gerardo. Self esteem and interpersonal relationships among freshmen in the collage of Health Science at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla (Colombia). Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2007, vol.23, n.1, pp.32-42. ISSN 0120-5552.
Objective: To determine the influence of self-esteem (self-concept, self-respect and self-belief) and interpersonal relationships among freshmen in the College of health science at the University of North, Barranquilla. Methodology: This is a descriptive study with a sample of 100 freshmen from the school of Medicine and Nursing. The study used a self-developed questionnaire and the 16 PF test of personality. The variables in study were: demographic information, self-esteem (measures of self-concept, self-respect, and self-belief) and affectoniate. Results: The demographics show that the average age of the sample was eighteen and a half years old, 71% of the sample were females and 29% were males. The results indicated that 73% of the sample presented an adequate self-concept, while the remaining percentage of the sample presented an inadequate self-concept. In regards to the measure of self-belief, 81% presented an adequate self-belief, and the 19% of self-belief was inadequate. Moreover, the 82% of the sample presented adequate affectoniate while the 18% was inadequate. The poor self-concept, self-respect and self-belief appear to be associated with inadequate interpersonal relationships (p<0.05). The report of the student’s negative conception of his/her interpersonal relationships was of valuable significance as it allowed to identify a high-risk factor early in college. Conclusions: The majority of freshmen had an adequate self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. Further, the study determine that, even the small percentage of reported inadequate self-esteem and interpersonal relationships, there is a need of a multidisciplinary intervention early in college to protect against misleading conducts of the student’s total health.
Keywords : Risk factor; self-concept; self-respect and self-belief; self-esteem; affectoniate.