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Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement Among University English Majors in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Author(s) George Frimpong Afful, Khan Moukyea, Afful Kadmel Asante, Sokhom Nge
Country Cambodia
Abstract The research looked at the connection between self-esteem and academic achievement among 222 undergraduate students studying English at a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and it used a quantitative, cross-sectional correlational approach. Self-esteem was measured using five items taken from the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Cronbach's alpha was .652); one item, which was worded negatively, was reversed when scoring was done on a four-point scale. Academic achievement was taken to be the students' most recent English grade. Thirty-three students who had not yet been given a grade were omitted from the analysis of academic achievement, which left 189 valid cases. The grades were recoded so that higher scores meant better performance (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, and D/E = 1). The mean self-esteem score was 2.95 (SD = 0.36). Self-esteem and academic achievement showed a positive relationship, with r (187) = .267 and p < .001. The simple linear regression was also significant, with F (1, 187) = 14.324, p < .001, and R² = .071. This indicates that self-esteem accounted for 7.1% of the variance in achievement. Female students had slightly higher self-esteem than male students, but this difference was not statistically significant, t (216) = -1.395, p = .164, d = -0.20. Self-esteem therefore served as a statistically significant but modest correlate of academic achievement and should be considered together with motivational, instructional, and sociocultural factors.
Keywords Academic Achievement, Cambodia, English Majors, Higher Education, Self-Esteem
Discipline Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-08-28
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