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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULARITY AND FRIENDSHIP
Sanja Simel
; Pedagogije i Hrvatskoga jezika i književnosti, Filozofski fakulet Osijek
Ivona Špoljarić
; Odjel za biologiju Sveučiliša J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku
Vesna Buljubašić Kuzmanović
; Filozofski fakultet Osijek
Sažetak
This paper discusses peer relationships in two primary schools in Osijek,
with particular emphasis on popularity and friendship as the two most important
dimensions of peer relations. The aim of the article is to examine what pupils expect
from their best friends, how fulfilled their expectations in school environment are and
how much these expectations change with respect to the age and sex of a child. The
survey comprised 278 pupils from the 3rd to 8th grade. The collected data were
analysed in terms of quantity and quality and were ranged according to the five most
important features of friendship and their implications upon friendship in
class/school. The significance of differences in the answers between girls and boys
was tested by a chi square test. The results indicate that popularity and friendship are
two different forms of social experience which are conceptually and empirically
related to each other. Sincerity and trust are recognized as links between friendship
and popularity (acceptance) among older pupils whereas younger pupils believe that
kindness, helpfulness and sincerity link friendship and popularity. While growing up,
the symmetrical reciprocity of these relationships is changing so that a child’s needs
and wishes are gradually recognized as the balance between closeness and
individuality, which is further influenced by the age and sex.
Ključne riječi
school; peer relationships; popularity; friendship
Hrčak ID:
53988
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.6.2010.
Posjeta: 7.257 *