Semester

Fall

Date of Graduation

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

College

College of Education and Human Services

Department

Learning Sciences and Human Development

Committee Chair

Bobbie G. Warash.

Abstract

The intent of this study was to investigate the association between preschooler's aggressiveness behavior and their academic self-esteem in the classrooms. The participants in this study consisted of 63 preschoolers who attended the West Virginia University Laboratory Nursery School or the Pierpont Christian Preschool during the school year of 2005-2006. The preschoolers were rated by their teachers at each school on their student initiative, social attraction, success/failure, social attraction, self-confidence on the Behavioral Academic Self-Esteem Scale (BASE) and their aggressiveness with peers on the Child Behavior Scale (CBS).;Results of the study indicated that the preschooler's academic self-esteem and aggressive behaviors were associated with each other. Teachers rated the preschoolers differently due to personality and or differences in perceptions. There was a significant difference in the scores of each child in each facility.

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