THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENT’S POPULARITY AMONG CLASSMATES ON THE SAFETY OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN A GROUP OF PEERS

• Authors: Kapik-Gruca, Krystyna , Ambroży, Dorota , Gruca, Karolina , Kafel, Joanna

Abstracts

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The main aim of this paper is to learn about an informal structure of a third grade sport class with extended curriculum in athletics of Junior Sport School no. 47 in Kraków and to show the relationship between students’ popularity and their physical fitness and safety in a group of peers. The research included 23 schoolgirls of III de class with extended curriculum in athletics. All participants were 15 year old. The following research techniques have been used: the sociometric method, the test of physical fitness, an analysis of school documents, an interview. In the light of the obtained results it can be stated that physical fitness in the examined III de class plays a significant role on becoming likeable and accepted among peers, there is high correlation between physical fitness and participants’ popularity, which is a positive phenomenon. In order to support students who have been rejected appropriate educational measures, aiming to change their image for better in the eyes of their peers and raise their status in the popularity hierarchy, should be taken.

Keywords

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safety; physical fitness; popularity; students

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
• Journal: Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 18(18)
• Pages: 74-85

Dates

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2018-08-20

Contributors

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Kapik-Gruca, Krystyna

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Ambroży, Dorota

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Gruca, Karolina

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Kafel, Joanna