Pensamiento crítico y autoestima en estudiantes Universitarios de Huancayo, 2021

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between critical thinking and selfesteem in University students of Huancayo, 2021. Material and method: The type of research is substantive descriptive and the research design is descriptive correlational. The population consisted of 132 students and the sample of 98 students from V to X university cycle. Critical thinking was assessed with the critical thinking test of the authors Luis Alberto Yarlequé and Leda Javier Alva and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Results: Spearman's Rho coefficient of .055 was found between PC and Self-esteem (P-value of .64); - .072 between PBPC and Self-esteem with (P-value of .483); and .191 between CEPC and Self-esteem with a p value of .060. Conclusions: Critical Thinking and Self-esteem show independence between them, in the same way, in the Basic Processes of Critical Thinking and Specific Conditions of Critical Thinking they have no relationship with Self-esteem. Keywords: Critical Thinking, Self-esteem.