School environmentand psyco-social behaviour in children

Authors

  • Bibiana Castro M
  • Marta Gaviria L Señora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.480

Keywords:

Social behaviour, child behaviour, aggression, altruism, socio-metric techniques

Abstract

Association between social behaviour and school environment in children was explored, measured by relationships between peers in the classroom. A cross sectional study was carried out based on secondary sources of a sample of 631 children from 6 private and public educational centers in the urban area of the city of Medellín in 2001, stratum 2 population. The questionnaire to evaluate aggressive and pro-social behaviour (COPRAG) and the socio-metric test of social relations among peers were analyzed. 23.8% of students presented at least one symptom related with social behaviour; the most common symptoms were depression/anxiety and indirect aggressiveness. Two socio-metric groups were observed in the classroom, the “less chosen”, those with symptoms of hyperactivity/attention deficit and/or with learning deficit disorder, and the “more accepted”, children with medium or high pro-social behaviour (p= 0.000, OR of Mann-Whitney). Based on the logistic models it was concluded that academic performance is a variable that predicts the acceptance of a child in the classroom, however, pro-social behaviour is not. Classroom social exclusion affects children’s mental health and their relations with school, family, and social group.
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Author Biography

Bibiana Castro M

Professor National Faculty of Public Health

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Castro M B, Gaviria L M. School environmentand psyco-social behaviour in children. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2009 Feb. 2 [cited 2025 Dec. 16];23(2):1-11. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/fnsp/article/view/480

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2005)

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