Self-Esteem and Academic Performance of freshmen at Karunya University

Self-esteem is an important academic construct in the process of education. It is how people feel about themselves and how much they like themselves, especially socially and academically when it comes to college students. Through the many pressures and daunting responsibilities of being a student, one learns and understands the importance of having a high self-esteem in college. Research has established that there is close relationship between selfesteem and academic achievements of freshmen students. A cross sectional/Descriptive study was carried out to examine the relationship between self –esteem and student's academic performance among the first year undergraduates in Karunya University, Coimbatore. The primary materials used were the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Data were collected from 50 students of both boys and girls. The results demonstrated that students with positive self-esteem have high academic performance. Hence, it is inferred from the result of this study that there is a significantly high relationship between self-esteem and academic achievements of students.