Sociometric Popularity in a School Context

30 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2013

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Vera Titkova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Valeria Ivaniushina

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Daniel Alexandrov

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Date Written: March 2, 2013

Abstract

This study investigates how the sociometric popularity of schoolchildren is related to individual academic achievements in a context of different levels of academic culture and educational aspirations in the classroom. The sample includes 5058 students in 270 classes from 98 schools in St. Petersburg. To examine class-level effects, we employ multi-level hierarchical models using HLM 7 software. Different effects for boys and girls were found, indicating that the relationship between academic performance and popularity is gender-specific. The results demonstrate that in classes with a low learning motivation individual academic achievements of boys are negatively related to their popularity, while in classes with a high academic culture the relationship is positive.

Keywords: popularity, sociometry, academic culture, motivation

JEL Classification: I21, C12

Suggested Citation

Titkova, Vera and Ivaniushina, Valeria and Alexandrov, Daniel, Sociometric Popularity in a School Context (March 2, 2013). Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WBPR 10/EDU/2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2227302 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2227302

Vera Titkova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Valeria Ivaniushina (Contact Author)

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Daniel Alexandrov

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

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