The correlations between self-esteem and two linguistic measures, two measures of socioeconomic status, and three measures of academic achievement were calculated for 87 Mexican American adolescents. Self-esteem correlated .25 with the rated extent to which English was spoken at home. Moreover, self-esteem was positively correlated with occupation (.22) and reading achievement (.25). Generally, correlations were small to moderate in magnitude.
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