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Den sociala näringskedjan. En studie om hur ungdomar uppfattar sociala positioner i skolan.

Delbanco, Camilla LU and Grevlind, Jessica LU (2015) SOPA63 20151
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents perceive to social positions in school. The study was based on focus groups, we organised three different focus groups. One with four girls, one with five boys and one with two boys and two girls. We brought subjects to the groups that they freely discussed. The themes that we later on identified was popularity, social status, gender differences, the legacy of the parents or the family name. The groups also discussed what you could do to become more popular. The analysis is based on a social psychological perspective. There were both similarities and differences in what the research raised and what our groups discussed. The main difference was that the groups were more positive that it... (More)
The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents perceive to social positions in school. The study was based on focus groups, we organised three different focus groups. One with four girls, one with five boys and one with two boys and two girls. We brought subjects to the groups that they freely discussed. The themes that we later on identified was popularity, social status, gender differences, the legacy of the parents or the family name. The groups also discussed what you could do to become more popular. The analysis is based on a social psychological perspective. There were both similarities and differences in what the research raised and what our groups discussed. The main difference was that the groups were more positive that it was possible to change your popularity and your social status, something that previous research does not fully agree with. In the result we could see that the groups over and over discussed how the social status and popularity was depending on the context. The groups also described that sports and appearances play a role in one’s popularity. (Less)
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author
Delbanco, Camilla LU and Grevlind, Jessica LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Peer status, social hierarchy, pupil, adolescents, popularity
language
Swedish
additional info
Examiner: Hans-Edvard Roos
id
7365982
date added to LUP
2015-06-22 09:17:12
date last changed
2015-06-22 09:17:12
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents perceive to social positions in school. The study was based on focus groups, we organised three different focus groups. One with four girls, one with five boys and one with two boys and two girls. We brought subjects to the groups that they freely discussed. The themes that we later on identified was popularity, social status, gender differences, the legacy of the parents or the family name. The groups also discussed what you could do to become more popular. The analysis is based on a social psychological perspective. There were both similarities and differences in what the research raised and what our groups discussed. The main difference was that the groups were more positive that it was possible to change your popularity and your social status, something that previous research does not fully agree with. In the result we could see that the groups over and over discussed how the social status and popularity was depending on the context. The groups also described that sports and appearances play a role in one’s popularity.}},
  author       = {{Delbanco, Camilla and Grevlind, Jessica}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Den sociala näringskedjan. En studie om hur ungdomar uppfattar sociala positioner i skolan.}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}