Impulsividad y actitudes en el desarrollo de la autoestima en adolescentes

Abstract

Impulsiveness and attitudes towards violence influence in the development of selfesteem during adolescence, a complicated period of life with multiple physical and emotional changes. The objective of this work is to study the influence that impulsiveness and attitudes towards violence have in adolescents' self-esteem. We present a cross-sectional study with a sample of 522 students, between 1st and 4th year of secondary education. We used a questionnaire that included Rosenberg's self-esteem, Barrat's impulsiveness and CAVH-28 scales of attitudes. We got a positive correlation between impulsivity factors, attitudes and negative selfesteem, and an inverse correlation between motor impulsiveness and positive selfesteem (r=-.114; p<.05). The predictive model showed that positive self-esteem in ≥15 years old (R2 =.133) was influenced by attitudes (β=-.174; p=.038), and last trimester qualification (β=.178; p=.035) and negative self-esteem in ≤14 years old (R2 =.124) was influenced by motor impulsiveness (β=.186; p= .001), and last trimester qualification (β=-.203; p=.000). Knowing that impulsiveness and attitudes have an influence in adolescent's self-esteem can help us to understand that getting higher levels of selfesteem is behind some adolescents' desadaptative behaviors.