Resumen

IBARRA AGUIRRE, Enrique  y  JACOBO GARCIA, Héctor Manuel. The Evolution of Academic Self-Concept among Teenagers. RMIE [online]. 2016, vol.21, n.68, pp.45-70. ISSN 1405-6666.

This paper presents a transversal study with a predominantly qualitative methodological profile that describes the evolution of academic self-concepts during adolescence. The sample consisted of 150 young people from various schools in the state of Sinaloa: fifty students per age group (twelve, fifteen, and eighteen years old), divided equally between males and females. Three instruments were used: a) a Piagetian critical clinical interview, b) self-concept questionnaire form 5, and c) profile of self-perceptions. The results show that change undergone in the academic self-concept has a flexible nature during adolescence and decreases at age fifteen; as in other studies, no differences by gender were seen. In spite of their provisional nature, the results may serve in the design of strategies that contribute to configuring adolescents' self-concept, that improve their performance as students, and that stimulate their personal development.

Palabras llave : self-concept; adolescents; gender differences; conceptual change; psychological development; Mexico.