Academic social environment and the self-concept in students in a national education institute from Lima north

Abstract

The goal of the research was to determine the correlation between the quality of the school social
climate and the self-concept. This research was basic, of descriptive level, correlational design
and quantitative approach. The census population comprised a total of 164 students from a
public school, with ages between 16 and 18 years old. The technique used was the survey. The
instrument to collect data was the questionnaire to evaluate the social climate in the institution
(CECSE), created from the items of California School Climate and Safety Survey adapted by
Trianes, et al (2006). Besides, the questionnaire of self-concept GARLEY de Belén García Torres.
For the reliability of both instruments, it was needed Cronbach’s alpha, which results were: 0.73
for the school social climate variable and 0.77 for the self-concept variable.
In this research the conclusion was that there is a connection between the school social climate and
the self-concept, showing a positive correlational coefficient rs=0.495**, p value = 0.000<0.05
in students of eleventh to twelfth secondary grade in the institution. Besides, there is no difference
in the perception of self-concept of male and female students, since they both have a high level.
Likewise, in the case of school climate, they consider the environment as positive.