Effect of Love Attitude upon Students Academic Performance and Self-Esteem in Baghdad

Abstract

This study aims to review the relation between college students’ love attitudes and self-esteem and academic performance. Subjects selected were 196 male and 176 female bachelor’s and master’s degree students; a total of 372 students from various universities in Baghdad in academic year 2021-2022. Data for this study were collected employing both the Love Attitudes Scale (short form) developed by Hendrick et al. based on the love styles classification by Lee, and the Self-esteem measurement developed by Rosenberg and Academic performance (GPA) developed by Alyami & et al. Review of the findings obtained from this study reveals as follows; there are no meaningful statistically inverse correlations between the students’ self-esteem and academic performance scores and love attitudes, and meaningful statistically correlations between their love attitudes and (Age, Marital status and Type of college). The findings obtained were discussed with reference to relevant literature and the other studies conducted on this subject, and various suggestions were made under the frame of the findings.