This study investigated the relationships between peer victimization, social skills, and sociometric status in a sample of 224 fifth grade students in a large school district in the southwestern United States. Peer victimization and social skills were assessed using a self-report questionnaire. A peer nomination inventory was used to classify participants according to sociometric status. Social Exchange Theory guided hypotheses regarding the relationships between social skills, peer victimization, and sociometric status, with the idea that students with poor social skills are more likely to be victimized and rejected by peers. Prior research about the relationships between these variables also suggested that social skills and sociometric status would both have an inverse relationship with peer victimization. Statistical analyses did not indicate the presence of significant relationships between any of the three main variables of interest. A statistically significant difference was identified between students who were English Language Learners (ELL) compared to students who were not ELL, such that ELL students reported experiencing less peer victimization than non-ELL students. Several limitations were identified in the present study. For example, confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the data did not fit with the factor structure of the social skills measure. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify a set of items that was subsequently used to represent the participants' social skills score. Sampling bias is also suspected. The participation rate was 47.3 percent. Participation may have been limited due to adults' objections to having students list classmates whom they Liked Least. Ideas for future research are presented.

This study has been undertaken to investigate the impact of group discussion upon sociometric status, selfactualization, and number of stated problems with respect to student nurses. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether group discussion will enhance sociometric status of student nurses, (2) to determine whether group discussion will positively affect self-actualization of student nurses, (3) to determine whether group discussion will lessen the number of stated problems of student nurses, and (4) to examine the group process and interaction of the group discussion sessions.

The problem of this study consists of two phases: 1) to determine the relationship of a) sociometric status, and b) mental health, to intellectual level in a selected sample of sixth-grade children who entered school before the age of six; and 2) to determine the relationship of a) sociometric status, b) mental health, and c) attitudes toward school to the school entrance age in a selected sample of intellectually superior fifth and sixth-grade children who entered school at different ages.

ANOTATION Diploma thesis name: Team roles in the youth team at the FK Motorlet Praha, s.r.o. football club. . Objectives: First goal of the thesis is to find within the youth team at the FK Motorlet Praha, s.r.o. football club particular team roles and assess their importance for the team and find out which role holds each player. Second goal is to examine common relations between particular team members and on the basis of such an examination to find out if there is any way how to increase and improve the efficiency of the team's cooperation. Method: Structured non-participant observation was used to observe the team under examination. All team members were asked to answer questions from the Belbin test. Relations between team members were detected by sociometric test. By using a non-standardised interview with head coach, results of the previous observation and interview were used. Results: Observation results indicate how particular team members behave in certain situations. Interview results show how team members assess themselves while fulfiling certain tasks. Finally sociometric test result indicates common relations between particular members of the team under review. Key words: Team, team role, team-building, Belbin test, sociometric test.

O presente estudo se propôs a explorar o uso de um teste de preconceito implícito (IRAP) e de uma medida de grupo (entrevista sociométrica) para a investigação do preconceito étnico em crianças em contexto escolar. Foram investigados possíveis efeitos de duas intervenções para redução de preconceito que enfatizam características de práticas culturais comuns: descrever contingências de reforçamento envolvendo respostas de tolerância e descrever respostas de punição envolvendo respostas de intolerância. Os participantes foram 65 crianças brasileiras e bolivianas de três turmas do último ano do ensino fundamental, faixa etária entre 10 e 11 anos, e três professoras das turmas correspondentes. A porcentagem de crianças bolivianas nos grupos Controle, Intervenção A e Intervenção B foram, respectivamente, 47,1%, 34,8% e 44%. Foram aplicados o IRAP e a entrevista sociométrica antes e depois das intervenções. Nos resultados, não foram observados efeitos das intervenções, detectáveis com um intervalo de confiança de 95%, nem no IRAP e nem nos dados derivados da entrevista sociométrica. A entrevista sociométrica se mostrou útil para investigar preconceito étnico nas turmas a partir de uma análise das proporções real e esperada de nomeações de aceitação e rejeição de acordo com a nacionalidade, mas não a partir das categorias de status sociométrico. Esse resultado é provavelmente devido à alta porcentagem de estrangeiros nas turmas, equilibrando as nomeações. Uma grande porcentagem dos participantes não conseguiu atingir o critério de porcentagem de acerto (80%) do IRAP nos blocos de prática e outros não conseguiram manter esse critério durante o teste, sugerindo que o critério de 70% empregado em outros estudos do IRAP com crianças é mais adequado. O principal resultado deste estudo demonstrou um índice de preconceito nas salas que já era de conhecimento de algumas das professoras, ainda que não de todas. No entanto, a investigação e quantificação de fenômenos conhecidos é o que permite avaliar os efeitos de intervenções sobre eles, facilitando a realização de novas pesquisas que poderão embasar no futuro práticas e políticas públicas mais eficazes / Prejudice research is an active field in psychology which fosters many studies on interventions aimed at prejudice reduction. Data collected in these studies are usually individual measures, such as questionnaires and implicit prejudice tests. Data is usually collected in laboratories or other non-realistic settings. The present study explored the combination of an individual implicit prejudice measure (IRAP) with a social measure (sociometric interview) to investigate ethnic prejudice in children at school. The effects of two prejudice reduction interventions were investigated, both of which replicate characteristics of common practices: describing reinforcement contingencies of tolerance responses and describing punishment contingencies of intolerance/prejudice responses. Participants were 65 brazilian and bolivian children aged 10 to 11 years old, and their teachers. Control Group, Intervention A Group and Intervention B Group had, respectively, 47,1%, 34,8% and 44% bolivian students. IRAP and the sociometric interview were applied before and after the interventions. No effects of the interventions were observed in either individual or social measures. The sociometric interview proved to be useful to investigate prejudice among the students when expected and actual sociometric nominations ratios were compared, but not when sociometric statuses were compared. This is so probably due to the high percentage of bolivians in the groups, as they balance out the nominations. More than half of the participants were not able to fulfill the practice criterion of accuracy (80%) of the IRAP; others were not able to maintain this criterion across the test blocks. This suggests the 70% accuracy criterion to be best suitable for children. The main result here presented regards the assessment of the amount of prejudice and segregation amongst students, which was already known to some of the teachers. However, quantifying known phenomenons allows the evaluation of the effects interventions have on them, making it possible to further research on the topic and to develop better practices and public policies

The problem of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of two techniques for encouraging teachers to use sociometric data to effect change in the sociometric status of the least-preferred children in their classrooms.

Ao ingressar no ambiente escolar, a criança se depara com novas demandas e desafios que requerem a ampliação de seu repertório comportamental, sejam esses acadêmicos ou sociais. Com isso, as habilidades e/ou déficits sociais desta irão se evidenciar neste ambiente, uma vez que os repertórios comportamentais - como cumprimento de regras, respeito ao próximo, tolerância à frustação, resolução de conflitos, entre outros - serão exigidos com maior frequência. Devido a estas peculiaridades, é comum, em alguns casos, que a interação social com os colegas apresente certas limitações, entre elas a rejeição entre pares. Essa experiência pode agravar dificuldades emocionais e comportamentais na criança, gerando prejuízos a curto, médio e longo prazo em sua vida. Neste sentido, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral caracterizar a rejeição social entre crianças do Ensino Fundamental I e formular hipóteses funcionais sobre a emissão e manutenção de comportamentos relacionados ao status sociométrico de rejeição. Participaram 105 alunos de três escolas públicas do interior do Paraná, com idade média de 7,48 anos (DP= 0,52), sendo 49% do sexo feminino e 51% do sexo masculino. Para verificar o status social dos participantes, realizou-se a entrevista sociométrica por nomeação, individualmente, na qual se solicitou a indicação de três colegas da turma que a criança entrevistada escolheria para brincar (nomeações positivas) e três crianças da turma que não escolheria para brincar (nomeações negativas). Para cada nomeação, solicitaram-se os motivos para tal escolha. Uma vez identificados os alunos com status social de rejeição, foram realizadas as observações dos comportamentos desses alunos, declarados como motivos para as nomeações negativas. Dos 105 alunos participantes do estudo, 13,3% foram classificados como rejeitados pelos pares; destes, 57,1% eram do sexo masculino. As justificativas mais citadas para nomeações negativas para os alunos com status de rejeição foram agressividade e perturbação do ambiente. As hipóteses funcionais levantadas para os comportamentos agressivos e que perturbavam o ambiente em geral, eram reforçados positivamente com a atenção dispensada pela professora e/ou pelos pares, e, em outras situações, reforçados negativamente com a retirada de situação aversiva (p. ex. interação com os colegas, execução da demanda). Os resultados obtidos no presente estudo, quanto aos comportamentos indicativos de rejeição social, coadunam-se com a literatura nacional e internacional. Entretanto, destaca-se neste cenário a ausência de estudos que abordem, além das topografias comportamentais, a avaliação funcional de tais comportamentos, lacuna esta que o presente estudo procurou preencher. Avaliar funcionalmente os comportamentos que se expressam nos relacionamentos interpessoais pode contribuir para aprofundar a compreensão dessas interações e delinear intervenções preventivas com foco nas alterações do ambiente do aluno. A partir dessas considerações, sugerem-se novos estudos sobre a avaliação e análise funcional de comportamentos envolvidos nos relacionamentos entre crianças e implicados nos diferentes status sociométricos, especialmente no âmbito nacional / When the child entering the school environment they have new demands and challenges that require the expansion of their academic and social repertoire. Thus, the social skills and/or deficits of it will be evident in this environment, once behavioral repertoires such as rule compliance, respect for others, tolerance for frustration, conflict resolution, among others aspects, will be required more frequently. Due to these peculiarities it is common in some cases limitations on social interaction with colleagues, as peer rejection. This experience may exacerbate emotional and behavioral difficulties in the child, producing losses in the short, medium and long term in their life. Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize social rejection among elementary school children and formulate functional hypotheses about the emission and maintenance of behaviors related to the sociometric status of rejection. A total of 105 students from three public schools in the interior of Parana, with a mean age of 7.48 years (SD = 0.52), 49% female and 51% male. In order to verify the social status of the participants, a sociometric interview was conducted individually, in which interviewed were asked to indicate three classmates who do they would choose to play (positive nominations) and three classmates from the group who would not choose to play (negative nominations). For each appointment, the reasons for were requested. Once students rejection status were identified, observations of behaviors reported as reasons for the negative appointments were made. Of the 105 students participating in the study, 13.3% were classified as rejected by peers, of whom 57.1% were male. The most cited justifications for negative nominations for students with rejection status were aggressiveness and environmental disruption. The functional hypotheses raised for the aggressive behaviors that disturbed the environment in general were positively reinforced with the attention given by the teacher and/or the peers, and in other situations negatively reinforced with withdrawal from the aversive situation (e.g. interaction with classmates, performing tasks). The results obtained in the present study regarding behaviors indicative of social rejection are consistent with the national and international literature. However, in this scenario, we highlight the absence of studies that address, in addition to behavioral topographies, the functional evaluation of such behaviors, a gap that the present study sought to fill. The functional evaluation of the behaviors expressed in the interpersonal relations can contribute to deepen the understanding of these interactions and to delineate preventive interventions focused on changes in the student\'s environment. Based on these considerations, we suggest new studies on the evaluation and functional analysis of behaviors involved in relationships between children and those involved in different sociometric statuses, especially at the national level

<p>The present research intended to examine the relationship between childhood stable peer status and adjustment in midadolescence for both genders, and adjustment in early and middle adulthood for women. One-year stably peer rejected, popular, and average boys and girls were identified by an age 10 and age 11 sociometric classification procedure using positive nominations and rank-ordering. These groups were examined in midadolescence. Findings indicated that stable peer rejection in childhood was associated with negative school adjustment and problems in peer relations in adolescence for both genders, and that many rejected boys were school dropouts. However, rejected children did not associate with deviant peers or show more antisocial behavior than their counterparts. For the adulthood follow-up, cluster analysis using LICUR was applied on rank-ordering data from age 10 and age 13 in order to identify 3-year stably rejected, popular, and average groups of girls. A methodological comparison with a standard sociometric method showed that the applied cluster analysis seems to be a useful additional tool in the arsenal of sociometric classification methods. Furthermore, one seems to arrive at larger stable peer status groups with this method than with other sociometric classification methods. The longitudinal follow-up into adulthood showed that rejected girls were at increased risk for criminal offending and alcohol abuse in young adulthood. Childhood aggressive behavior explained the significant association between peer rejection and criminality. There were no significant differences between the stable peer status clusters in the midadulthood adjustment areas of social relations, health, occupation, and subjective well-being, except that popular girls had achieved more successful vocational careers (which in its turn was explained by their higher academic achievement in childhood). Constraints and implications for future research were discussed.</p>

The present research intended to examine the relationship between childhood stable peer status and adjustment in midadolescence for both genders, and adjustment in early and middle adulthood for women. One-year stably peer rejected, popular, and average boys and girls were identified by an age 10 and age 11 sociometric classification procedure using positive nominations and rank-ordering. These groups were examined in midadolescence. Findings indicated that stable peer rejection in childhood was associated with negative school adjustment and problems in peer relations in adolescence for both genders, and that many rejected boys were school dropouts. However, rejected children did not associate with deviant peers or show more antisocial behavior than their counterparts. For the adulthood follow-up, cluster analysis using LICUR was applied on rank-ordering data from age 10 and age 13 in order to identify 3-year stably rejected, popular, and average groups of girls. A methodological comparison with a standard sociometric method showed that the applied cluster analysis seems to be a useful additional tool in the arsenal of sociometric classification methods. Furthermore, one seems to arrive at larger stable peer status groups with this method than with other sociometric classification methods. The longitudinal follow-up into adulthood showed that rejected girls were at increased risk for criminal offending and alcohol abuse in young adulthood. Childhood aggressive behavior explained the significant association between peer rejection and criminality. There were no significant differences between the stable peer status clusters in the midadulthood adjustment areas of social relations, health, occupation, and subjective well-being, except that popular girls had achieved more successful vocational careers (which in its turn was explained by their higher academic achievement in childhood). Constraints and implications for future research were discussed.

It was noticed that self-appreciation and sociometric status of basketball players influence not just sporting results and achievements but also relations with team members, other people, as well as athletes’ self-criticism, requirements for themselves, viewpoint towards achievements and rots, their status in the team and a sense of self-value. That prompted to perform an empiric research confirming or denying coherence of self-value sense and sociometric status in the group. On that base we have analysed self appreciation of various performance basketball players (n=38) and sociometric statuses. Results show that majority of various performance athletes estimate themselves adequately. Estimate means of sociometric statuses of various performance teams do not differ statistically neither in sport nor in leisure activity. Thus it is not possible to state that there is a direct coherence between self-appreciation sense of various performance basketball players and sociometric status.