Poverty of a family from provincial Poland and attractiveness of a school child among peers
Poverty of a family from provincial Poland and attractiveness of a school child among peers

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to capture the factors which differentiate the socio-metric status of a child in a class. It was expected that the factors connected with a child and a family have an influence on positive as well as negative choices of a child among peers and that they would differentiate the socio-metric status in a group. 192 pupils in the age of 11-13 from 10 schools in provincial Poland were tested. A classical J. Moreno socio-metric test was used. The result showed that economic situation of a family is the most important reason influencing the attractiveness of a child in a group. Children prefer these who are better well-off. Moreover, subjective poverty is remarkably connected with the incomplete family structure and the sex of a child, which additionally differentiates the acceptance of a child by the school class.

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