First of all an attempt is made to determine whether or not the individual items on the California Test of Personality will successfully differentiate between persons of low and high peer acceptance. Secondly, research of this nature would establish a basis for construction of a self-rating test which would measure peer acceptance, or at least measure traits which presumably make for peer acceptance, in situations where it would not be possible to administer the regular sociometric scales.

The primary problem of this study is to investigate statistically the degree of social integration in a newly-consolidated rural high school formed from four previously existing high schools. The sociometric technique is to be used to determine the peer acceptance for the component parts of the school population, to find out, if possible, if the process of combining the four schools has created an atmosphere which is contributing to the more effective social adjustment of all the students.

It is the purpose of this investigation to determine within the limitations of the study the relationship in the classroom between social class status as measured by an accepted instrument and social acceptance as measured by a sociometric test.

The purpose of this study is to compare the social adjustment of a group with its mental maturity, and also to compare various sociometric techniques with each other.

The intent in formulating this study was to examine social perception, as related to several sociometric variables. By social perception is meant the ability of an individual to estimate correctly the feelings of his associates toward him, in terms of their desiring or not desiring him as a close friend.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects that certain classroom management techniques would have on the self concepts and choice status of sixth grade students and to assess the potential of these techniques. All sixth grade students (86) enrolled in one elementary school participated in this study. There were four class sections, two of which made up the experimental group and two of which made up the control group. Only those students who were enrolled at the beginning of the study were included in the final data analysis. The IPAT Children's Personality Questionnaire, What You Do and What You Think (1963) provided a measurement of self concept. This instrument was reported to be a standardized self evaluation scale that assessed fourteen factors of personality. The sociometric test of specific criteria was used to identify students of low choice status. These two instruments were administered in January of 1972 and again in May of 1972.

This study investigated relationships involving peer acceptance, mathematics achievement, and birth order among 74 fifth-grade students. The children were administered a standardized achievement test and a sociometric measurement in one sitting. They were then listed in rank order on the basis of number of choices received for each of two areas-- Social- and Work-acceptance. A comparison of High and Low Social- and Work-acceptance groups in terms of mean mathematics-achievement scores indicated a significant positive interaction between peer acceptance and mathematics achievement. No significant difference was evidenced between mean mathematics-achievement scores of males and females. As expected, birth order was not shown to interact significantly with Social- or Work-acceptance for either sex. Results indicate the importance of utilizing various techniques such as sociometrically determined work groups and seating arrangements in order to improve the peer climate of the classroom.

Title: Changing of social cohesion through courses in nature Aims: Aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive perspective on the topic of changes of the social cohesion of groups after the course activities in nature. Methods: Methods used in the work are text analysis with secondary data analysis. Results: An analysis of available sources revealed that the odds of outdoor activities have a positive effect on the development of social cohesion among work groups as well as groups of adolescents and sports teams. The work also deals other benefits of outdoor activities courses. Key words: social cohesion, team building, outdoor education, sociometry, group, team

Název: The Development of Students Status in Secondary School Class and the Use of Selected Drugs During Their Study: a Prospectve Sociometric Study. Abstrakt: The thesis is a continuation of author's bachelor thesis. Bachelor thesis deals with sociometric student's status and substance use among first year of secondary schools students. Both research are based on the theories of drug addiction development, which has very complex causes and occurs during human development in the interaction of multiple factors. One of these factors is the need to achieve social conformity (mainly in peer collectives), which can be in a group of teenage students strong in period of secondary school. Because there are these individuals creates a new position in a class and that can vary because of natural variations in the status of students and interactions among individuals in the classroom. The aim is to implement prospective sociometric study, which examines a specific classes after a 2 year interval and to determine the student status in specific classes of third grade secondary schools and how has this position changed since the last survey. The focus is set on the description of changing relations between cigarette, alcohol, cannabis use and individual student status in the class. The survey was carried out in seven...

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Concerning this context, the aim of this work was to describe some of the scientific production features regarding internal control and risk management, published in the data base ProQuest ABI/Inform Global (ProQuest), from 2000 to 2010. It was a descriptive research, of the survey kind, and it was based in bibliographic and documental investigation, with quantitative approach. In the first step, it was made a bibliographic analysis with a sample of 79 articles, published in 15 local magazines in ProQuest, by means of the Lotka and Bradford Laws. Through the application of the Bradford Law, it was possible to identify the themes of the publication categories concerning the subject. Furthermore, the verification of the Lotka Laws demonstrated that there is not yet a group of expert researchers about the researched subject, and the knowledge is still spread among a lot of authors who have not been publishing so much. The results indicate an expressive increase in the publication of articles from 2003 to 2010, as well as the prevalence of publications concerning Rules and Standards. Those were bigger from 2006 to 2010, especially in The Accounting Review magazine, which shows that researchers have an investigative opportunity. It was also revealed that there has been an increase in the author's publications from 2003 to 2010, and the prevalence of the publications of authors connected with American universities from 2000 to 2010. In the second step, the surveyed articles were submitted to a sociometric analysis, which showed an increase of relational ties in the cooperative relationship between authors, especially concerning triads, from 2000 to 2010. Moreover, it was revealed the fragmentation of such relationships in small groups, with prevalence of stronger nodes between authors, which does not feature small worlds / As decis??es, atividades e opera????es empreendidas pelos gestores de riscos nas organiza????es d??o lugar a v??rias ??reas de incerteza, as quais podem decorrer da aplica????o da legisla????o ou de fatores particulares. Tais fatores corroboram na acentua????o de relev??ncia dos controles internos para a gest??o de riscos, atividades de compliance (verifica????o de conformidade legal) e auditoria interna. Para tanto, diversas estruturas de controle para aux??lio a profissionais na avalia????o dos riscos esperados, bem como dos associados a estes, foram introduzidas em ??mbito internacional ou local. Considerando tal contexto, o presente trabalho buscou descrever algumas das caracter??sticas da produ????o cient??fica sobre controle interno e gest??o de riscos publicada na base de dados ProQuest ABI/Inform Global (ProQuest), durante o per??odo de 2000 a 2010. A pesquisa ?? descritiva do tipo levantamento, estruturada em investiga????o bibliogr??fica e documental, com abordagem quantitativa. Na primeira etapa foi realizada an??lise bibliom??trica em uma amostra de 79 artigos, publicados em 15 revistas localizadas na base de dados ProQuest, por interm??dio da Lei de Bradford e de Lotka. A aplica????o da Lei de Bradford identificou as categorias tem??ticas das publica????es sobre o assunto. A verifica????o das Leis de Lotka revelou que ainda n??o h?? uma elite de pesquisadores sobre a tem??tica no per??odo pesquisado, e que o conhecimento se encontra disperso entre um grande n??mero de autores com baixa produtividade. Os resultados obtidos revelaram que houve um aumento significativo da publica????o dos artigos no per??odo de 2003-2010, bem como a preval??ncia de publica????es na tem??tica de Normas e Padr??es, as quais se acentuaram no per??odo de 2006-2010, especialmente na revista The Accounting Review, o que indica uma oportunidade investigativa aos pesquisadores. Constatou-se, ainda, que houve um aumento da quantidade de publica????es por autores no per??odo de 2003-2010, bem como a preval??ncia de publica????es de autores vinculados a institui????es dos Estados Unidos no per??odo de 2000-2010. Na segunda etapa, os artigos levantados foram submetidos a uma an??lise sociom??trica, que constatou um aumento dos la??os relacionais da rede de colabora????o dos autores, com primazia de tr??ades no per??odo de 2000-2010. Constatou-se, ainda, a fragmenta????o da rede em pequenos grupos, com predomin??ncia de la??os fortes, que n??o caracterizam small worlds