Social Behavior Differences Between Second Grade Children of High and Low Sociometric Status

Contradiction between overt and projective personality indicators as a function of defensiveness.

“…We expected these relationships on the basis of studies reviewed by Gronlund (1959) that indicate a general correspondence between the extensiveness of a child's social ties (i.e., degree of sociometric status) and the child's inclination toward leadership in initiating social action, Thus, for example, Bonney and Powell (1953) reported that high sociometric status first graders were observed to take the initiative more strongly in relationships with peers than did first graders of low sociometric status-the former subjects making more self-initiated contributions to the rest of the group, and initiating play more often with other children. A similar study with second grade children (Bonney, 1955) yielded similar findings,…”

Ethnic identification and preference: A review.

“…A review by Bonney and Hampleman (1962) reported test-retest reliability ranging from .56 to .76. In studies of construct reliability, correlations between sociometric choice and systematic observation were .75 and above (Biehler, 1954;Bonney, 1955;Byrd, 1951). Gronlund's (1959) results support the reliability of composite scores in sociometric study as comparable to those of standardized intelligence and achievement tests.…”

Some characteristics related to social isolation of second grade children.

“…In view of the fact that much learning at all ages is held to result from interaction with age peers, an important question arises as to whether the findings would have been the same had verbal communication with other children been tested. Studies by Bonney (1955) and Hahn (1948) suggest that this would have been the case.…”