L’objectif de cette étude est d’explorer l’effet modérateur du nombre d’amis et de leurs caractéristiques sur le lien prédictif entre la victimisation par les pairs et l’anxiété sociale. Plus spécifiquement, cette étude s’intéresse aux niveaux moyens de victimisation, de rejet et d’anxiété sociale des amis comme facteurs aggravants potentiels. Les données ont été recueillies à deux reprises auprès de 576 adolescents d’en moyenne 13,5 ans au début de leur secondaire deux et à la fin de leur secondaire trois. Les participants ont répondu à des questionnaires auto-rapportés pour les mesures de victimisation et d’anxiété sociale et ont participé à une procédure de nomination sociométrique pour la mesure de statut social et l’identification des amis. De manière concomitante, les résultats démontrent que la victimisation par les pairs et certaines caractéristiques des amis (niveaux d’anxiété et de rejet social) contribuent respectivement, de manière unique et indépendante, à rendre compte de l’anxiété sociale des participants. De manière longitudinale, la victimisation par les pairs permet de prédire le développement de l’anxiété sociale sur une période de 1,5 ans. Néanmoins, le nombre d’amis et leurs caractéristiques ne contribuent pas de manière additive au développement ultérieur de l’anxiété sociale. De plus, les caractéristiques des amis n’interagissent d’aucune façon avec la victimisation par les pairs pour rendre compte du développement ultérieur de l’anxiété sociale. Cependant, des analyses exploratoires ont permis de montrer que le niveau de victimisation des amis constitue un facteur aggravant pour les enfants rejetés socialement; le rejet par les pairs étant positivement associé au développement de l’anxiété sociale chez les élèves qui entretiennent des relations d’amitié avec des élèves qui rapportent être victimes de mauvais traitements. / The aim of this study was to explore to what extent the number of friends and friends’ characteristics interact with peers’ victimization to predict the development of social anxiety over time. More specifically, friends’ characteristics considered by this study were peers’ victimization, peers’ rejection and social anxiety average levels as potential aggravating factors. Data was collected two consecutive years, from 576 adolescents of 13,5 years old average. The data was collected first during the fall semester of 8th grade, and a second time during the spring semester of 9th grade. Participants answered self-reported questionnaires concerning peers’ victimization and social anxiety. They also participated in a sociometric nomination procedure within their school and classroom concerning social status and friends’ identification. Results indicated that peers’ victimization and friends’ characteristics (i.e. social anxiety and rejection levels) have an additive contribution when predicting concurrent social anxiety. Results also showed that peers’ victimization predicted subsequent increase in social anxiety 1.5 year later. However, the number of friends and friends’ characteristics did not show any additive effect in predicting development of ulterior social anxiety. Moreover, friends’ characteristics do not interact with victimization to predict ulterior social anxiety. Nonetheless, exploratory analysis showed that friends’ victimization acts as an aggravating factor for participants with a negative social status: peers’ rejection being positively associated to an increase in social anxiety in students with victimized friends.

The purpose of this investigation was to determine sociopoli tical factors related to students' attitude towards school. A questionnaire was compiled based on the literature study and was completed by 306 students doing standards eight, nine and ten at a secondary school in Benoni. Five socio-political factors were identified, namely: school experience, extrinsic motivation, pedagogical deprivation, political socialisation and school administration. The empirical study revealed: * A positive attitude towards school by the research group. * Significant correlations between attitude towards school and the five independent variables. * No significant difference in attitude towards school of: boys and girls, standard eight, nine and ten students and students staying with parents or with guardians. * The maximum variance in attitude towards school explained by a combination of variables is 43.2%. Recommendations are made for the enrichment of the family and school environments and areas of possible future research postulated. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

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Online adolescent friendships and social networking among adolescents are current phenomena that have emerged, and exploded, as part of the digital age and the vast development of communication technologies. The primary aim of this study was to gain knowledge and understanding regarding the nature and quality of online friendships and social networking among adolescents. A sequential explanatory mixed method design, was put to use for the purpose of this study. The quantitative data was collected first in the form of a short survey, by utilising a self-developed questionnaire to obtain a general overview of the social network practices and the forming and maintaining of online friendships among adolescents. Twenty five participants took part in the survey. This study was followed by a qualitative study in the form of interviews, to clarify, elaborate and explain the quantitative findings. Five information rich participants were interviewed. The findings of the empirical investigation revealed that adolescents, being part of the Net Generation, base their concept of socialising with friends on digital and communication technology, especially cell phones. They are connected to their friends 24 hours a day. The sense of safety and support they experience through this constant connectedness strengthens their self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth and contributes to their identity formation. It is therefore recommended that parents and educators should accept that adolescents live in a virtual world and their new way of socialising, needs to be acknowledged. Parents and educators should adjust accordingly, by getting educated in this field themselves. The Net Generation is a generation who focuses on relationships and collaboration through technology and this should be exploited by anybody who has contact or interacts with the adolescent of today. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-04T13:20:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VERÔNICA ALMEIDA DE OLIVEIRA LIMA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGCS 2007..pdf: 10230277 bytes, checksum: cae5f62a081c1483532645845c2e6ded (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-04T13:20:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VERÔNICA ALMEIDA DE OLIVEIRA LIMA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGCS 2007..pdf: 10230277 bytes, checksum: cae5f62a081c1483532645845c2e6ded (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-04-26 / CNPq / Entendendo que as novas tecnologias da comunicação e informação vêm ganhando cada vez mais espaços em várias esferas da sociedade, tornado-se cada vez mais comum o estabelecimento da comunicação pessoal via internet, esta dissertação apresenta uma discussão acerca de suas implicações no campo das relações sociais, mais especificamente na esfera da socialidade e da interação social. O objetivo principal é analisar as novas formas de socialidade que emergem desse novo dispositivo de comunicação, tomando como locus para investigação, as salas de bate-papo na internet, especialmente o canal de IRC ifCampina_Grande. A pesquisa e análise dos dados empíricos objetivaram dar conta não só da identificação das novas práticas de socialidades emergentes nas salas de bate-papo, mas, também, expõe brevemente alguns fatores responsáveis pelos resultados auferidos, assim como indica a emergência das ferramentas de comunicação virtual via internet. / Understanding that the new technologies of communication and information have been gaining more and more spaces in several spheres of the society, making the establishment of interpersonal communication via internet become more and more common, this dissertation presents a discussion concerning the implications of this phenomenon in the field of the social relations, specifically focusing in the sphere of the sociality and of the social interaction. The main objective is to analyze the new sociality forms which emerge from that new communication device, taking as locus for investigation the internet chat rooms, especially the IRC #CampinaGrande channel. The research and analysis of the empiric data were aimed at giving an account not only of the identification of the new emergent practices of socialities in the chat rooms but, likewise, they briefly expose some factors responsible for the gained results, as well as they indicate the emergence of the tools of virtual communication via internet.

Online adolescent friendships and social networking among adolescents are current phenomena that have emerged, and exploded, as part of the digital age and the vast development of communication technologies. The primary aim of this study was to gain knowledge and understanding regarding the nature and quality of online friendships and social networking among adolescents. A sequential explanatory mixed method design, was put to use for the purpose of this study. The quantitative data was collected first in the form of a short survey, by utilising a self-developed questionnaire to obtain a general overview of the social network practices and the forming and maintaining of online friendships among adolescents. Twenty five participants took part in the survey. This study was followed by a qualitative study in the form of interviews, to clarify, elaborate and explain the quantitative findings. Five information rich participants were interviewed. The findings of the empirical investigation revealed that adolescents, being part of the Net Generation, base their concept of socialising with friends on digital and communication technology, especially cell phones. They are connected to their friends 24 hours a day. The sense of safety and support they experience through this constant connectedness strengthens their self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth and contributes to their identity formation. It is therefore recommended that parents and educators should accept that adolescents live in a virtual world and their new way of socialising, needs to be acknowledged. Parents and educators should adjust accordingly, by getting educated in this field themselves. The Net Generation is a generation who focuses on relationships and collaboration through technology and this should be exploited by anybody who has contact or interacts with the adolescent of today. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

This thesis focuses on three fashion industry themed female friendship films: Pret-a-Porter/Ready to Wear (1994) by Robert Altman, The Devil Wears Prada (2006) by David Frankel, and The September Issue (2009) by R.J. Cutler. Female interpersonal relationships are complex – women often work to motivate, encourage and transform one another but can just as easily use tactics like intimidation, manipulation, and exploitation in order to save their own jobs and reputations. Through the lens of post-feminist theory, this thesis examines significant female interpersonal relationships in each film to illustrate how femininity is constructed and driven by consumer culture in the fashion industry themed films.