DOI: 10.21276/sjams Available online at http://saspublisher.com/sjams/ 1758 Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) ISSN 2320-6691 (Online) Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 2017; 5(5A):1758-1764 ISSN 2347-954X (Print) ©Scholars Academic and Scientific Publisher (An International Publisher for Academic and Scientific Resources) www.saspublisher.com The Relationship between Self-Esteem and Students' Academic Achievement and Some Parental Demographic Factors Azar Nematollahi 1 , Pouran Tavakoli 2 , Marzieh Akbarzadeh* 3 1 Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Centre, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 2 Department of nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3 Department of Midwifery, Maternal –fetal medicine Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. IR Iran. *Corresponding author Marzieh Akbarzadeh Email: akbarzadm@sums.ac.ir Abstract: Self-esteem is each person's belief about his value and importance. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and students' academic achievement and some parental demographic factors. This is a descriptive-analytic study which was conducted on 60 female high school students who were 17-14 years old, in two schools in Region III Education Service Center. Those students whose Coppersmith Self-Esteem Test score was lower than 25.4 were enrolled in this study. Data collection was done by applying emographic information questionnaire and Coppersmith Self-Esteem scale. The relationship between age, parental age, economic status and educational achievement and self-esteem was assessed. Finally, data were analyzed by in SPSS software, using correlation test and ANOVA. Data analysis reported 15.75±0.94 as the mean age of this study population. Demonstrate the correlation coefficient Pearson test a significant relationship in the variables of self-esteem with the student's age (r=0.256,p=0.048) and academic achievement )p=0.000(. However, no significant correlation was observed with the paternal age (r=- 0.156,p = 0.234), maternal age (r=0.-129,p = 0.327), and economic status (p = 0.634). Results showed the subjects had low self-esteem; despite had a high motivation for academic achievement. It is necessary, further educators and parent's attention to the adolescents’ Self-esteem improvement which can lead to more mental health and education and employee efficiency. Keywords: Self-Esteem, Students, Academic Achievement INTRODUCTION: Puberty includes acquisition of fertility as well as mental abilities and corporeal dynamic changes. The rapid phases of internal and external changes imply puberty as a fairly short adventurous event which can bring about a kind of chaos, disorganization, lack of quality, phobia, and mostly undesirable health and social behaviors [1]. Puberty is one of the most important periods of life because of its deep physiological, physical and psychological developments. Mental development is another notable aspect of puberty. Self-concept is one of its components. This is one’s mental imagery of himself, all his emotions, beliefs and values along with the "I". Self-concept isn’t an innate feature, but it is a social phenomenon which can occur as a result of interaction with others [2]. Youth is known as one of the most critical periods of life for its self-concept development [3]. Self-esteem is one's self-concept integral dimensions, and refers to the judgment of oneself about his worthiness or worthlessness, self-acceptance or non-acceptance as well as an attitude toward the self. In fact, one might not see himself as others see him [4]. Self-esteem is one of the human life necessities, and most experts consider it as the main factor in social - emotional adaptation. Student's low self-esteem leads to educational decline, loneliness, substance abuse, reality avoidance, self-destructive behavior [5]. Self-esteem reflects a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his Original Research Article