%0 Journal Article %T Autoestima en un grupo de niŁżos de 8 a 11 aŁżos de un colegio p¨˛blico de la ciudad de Bogot¨˘ %A Moreno M¨¦ndez %A Jaime %A ¨˘ngel MuŁżoz %A ¨˘ngela %A CastaŁżeda S¨˘nchez %A Briyith %A Castelblanco Triana %A Paula %A L¨®pez Chemas %A Natalia %A Medina Bar¨®n %A Ailyn %J Psychologia. Avances de la Disciplina %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the goal of the study was to establish the different levels of self-esteem in a group of children from 8 to 11 years old, of fourth grade of a public school from bogot¨˘. for this reason we used a simple descriptive design with a cross-section and we will apply the piers-harris questionnaire of self-esteem for children. the results show that in general the group has a moderately high level, which probably indicate that children are forming their values and components relating to self-esteem in an appropriate way, for them to be durable in the vital development and help to strengthened it. %K self-esteem %K self-concept %K middle childhood. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1900-23862011000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en