fa ارتباط افسردگی و عزت‌نفس با پیشرفت تحصیلی دانش‌آموزان بیرجند در سال 1391 General پژوهشي Research Article Background and AimIt is important to understand the factors that influence academic achievement. Self-esteem plays an important role in mental health, and when low, it has preventive effects on academic performance. The purpose here is to determine the relationship between self-esteem and depression, and academic achievement of high school students in Birjand. Materials and MethodsThis descriptive-analytic study was conducted with a two-stage cluster sampling of 596 high school students in Birjand. They completed Beck depression inventory and Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire with the reliability coefficients of 0.37 and 0.87 respectively. Total average score (of both semesters) of above 15 was considered as good achievement. The data were analyzed by SPSS Chi-square , Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests and Spearman correlation coefficient at α=0.05. ResultsThe sample included 596 students with the average age of 16.1 ± 1.1, of whom 284 were girls (%47.7) and 312 (%52.3) were boys. Depression scores mean of students was 16.7 ± 8.1 and that of their self-esteem 7/4 ± 1/2. Among the students, %61.2 had scores of 15 and above. Depression and self-esteem had significant differences in terms of academic achievement, but they were not significantly different in terms of age and their parents' job and education. ConclusionHigh self-esteem has a protective role against depression and leads to improved academic performance. Depression,Self-esteem,High school students,Academic achievement 141 148 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-487&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Tayebeh Khazaei طیبه خزاعی 10031947532846004045 10031947532846004045 Yes Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Email: thayebehk@yahoo.com طیبه خزاعی، گروه آموزشی پرستاری، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران. تلفن: 0561-4443041 پست الکترونیک:thayebehk@yahoo.com Gholamreza Sharif-Zadeh غلامرضا شریف زاده 10031947532846004046 10031947532846004046 No Master of Science in Epidemiology, Research Center for Hepatitis and Social Factors Affecting Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences مربی گروه آموزشی اپیدمیولوژی، دانشکده بهداشت و مرکز تحقیقات هپاتیتو مرکز تحقیقات عوامل اجتماعی موثر بر سلامت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران Marzieh Sadat Akbarnya مرضیه سادات اکبرنیا 10031947532846004047 10031947532846004047 No MS in Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran کارشناس پرستاری، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران Mehran Piri مهران پیری 10031947532846004048 10031947532846004048 No MS in Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran کارشناس پرستاری، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران Nahid Ghanbarzadeh ناهید قنبرزاده 10031947532846004049 10031947532846004049 No Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrician & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran استادیار گروه اموزشی بیماریهای زنان، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران