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Logistical Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Peer Nomination Research in Schools
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Mayeux, Lara; Kraft, Caroline – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
Although conducting psychological research within schools has always required effort, persistence, and the careful navigation of various interests, there is a consensus among child and adolescent researchers that, over the past 2 decades, it has become increasingly difficult to collect data within schools. In this chapter, we lay out common and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Peer Relationship, Decision Making, Data Collection
The Current Status of Peer Assessment Techniques and Sociometric Methods
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Bukowski, William M.; Castellanos, Melisa; Persram, Ryan J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
Current issues in the use of peer assessment techniques and sociometric methods are discussed. Attention is paid to the contributions of the four articles in this volume. Together these contributions point to the continual level of change and progress in these techniques. They also show that the paradigm underlying these methods has been unchanged…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Peer Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Development
Computer-Based Methods for Collecting Peer Nomination Data: Utility, Practice, and Empirical Support
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van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.; Gommans, Rob – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
New technologies have led to several major advances in psychological research over the past few decades. Peer nomination research is no exception. Thanks to these technological innovations, computerized data collection is becoming more common in peer nomination research. However, computer-based assessment is more than simply programming the…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Peer Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Decision Making
New Perspectives on Social Networks in the Study of Peer Relations
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Social developmentalists typically distinguish three levels of analysis in the study of peer relations in childhood and adolescence: individual, dyadic, and group. At the individual level of analysis, sociometric status and individual social behavior are studied. At the dyadic level, researchers traditionally study friendships but increasingly…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Sociometric Techniques, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
Stability of Sociometric Categories.
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Bukowski, William M.; Haselager, Gerbert J. T. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Reviews the empirical literature on the stability of sociometric categories and discusses four conceptual issues related to the stability of sociometric status. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Influences, Literature Reviews, Measurement Objectives
Conceptualizing and Measuring Peer Acceptance and Rejection.
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Bukowski, William M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Introduces the basic ideas of Jacob Moreno's (1934) historical model of sociometric judgment and discusses how developmental psychologists have used this model in child development research. Traces the development of sociometric techniques to study children's peer relations, and notes the limitations of contemporary sociometric techniques. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Models, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
A Ratings-based Approach to Two-Dimensional Sociometric Status Determination.
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Maassen, Gerard H.; van der Linden, Jos L.; Goossens, F. A.; Bokhorst, J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Analyzes the measurement characteristics of sociometric ratings and provides an empirical comparison of the use of ratings and nominations in sociometric classification. Focuses on unlimited nominations as the way to include the perceiver perspective, arguing that rating scales enable researchers to collect refined information that reflects…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship, Measurement Objectives
Recent Advances in Measurement Theory and the Use of Sociometric Techniques.
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Terry, Robert – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Presents a model for measuring popularity that takes into consideration the characteristics of perceivers providing the sociometric evaluations. Discusses the application of the model to limited and unlimited sociometric choice procedures. (JPB)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship, Models, Peer Acceptance
Pages from a Sociometric Notebook: An Analysis of Nomination and Rating Scale Measures of Acceptance, Rejection, and Social Preference.
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Bukowski, William M.; Sippola, Lorrie; Hoza, Betsy; Newcomb, Andrew F. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Provides a conceptual and empirical analysis of the associations between the fundamental sociometric dimensions of acceptance, rejection, and social preference. Examines whether nomination and rating scale measures index the same constructs. Notes that sociometric ratings measure social preference, but can also yield indicators of acceptance and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship, Measurement Objectives