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Psychological Science and Education
2010. Vol. 15, no. 5, 60–67
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Features of the Middle Status Adolescent Position in the System of School Classroom Relationship

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S.A. Nikulin, M.Y. Sachkova

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Abstract

The results of the study of the relationships of middle status young adolescent in the pupil’s group are presented. The specific function of these pupils is addressed, which is seen in stabilizing the intra-group processes and establishing a favorable climate in a school classroom. The study involved 198 students from 5th and 6th grades in Moscow secondary schools, aged 10–12 years. The set of socio-psychological methods and techniques was used in the study: sociometry, self-sociometry, referentometry, self-referentometry, technique for determining the informal intra-group power structure in a contact community. The obtained results indicate the significant differences in position of adolescents with the middle status in the student group from those with other status categories. The study demonstrates that the group expectations of the adolescent schoolchildren are related to these middle status pupils.

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Keywords: middle status member of the group, the younger adolescent, sociometric, referentometric, informal power structure of the group

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Nikulin S.A., Sachkova M.Y. Features of the Middle Status Adolescent Position in the System of School Classroom Relationship. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2010. Vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 60–67. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Stanislav A. Nikulin, PhD Student, Chair of Theoretical Foundations of Social Psychology, Social Psychology faculty, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: ninepm@mail.ru

Marianna Y. Sachkova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor, Department of General Psychology, Institute of Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Professor, Department of Theoretical Foundations of Social Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2982-8410, e-mail: msachkova@mail.ru

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