Acceptance and rejection among adolescents in groups of Cuban school children

Abstract

Introduction: Relationships between equals are a topic of great importance, especially during adolescence. The objective of this text is to identify reasons why adolescents are accepted and rejected in high school classrooms. Method: The sample was made up of 645 students belonging to 20 school groups from 10 educational institutions in Havana, during the 2018-2019 school year. The instrument used for data collection was a sociometric questionnaire of direct and unlimited nomination. This instrument was processed from the content analysis carried out on the reasons given by each student, for which qualitative analysis was used. From them, categories were created for their interpretation and analysis. Results: It is shown that the criteria, both in the exercise of the task and in the social aspects, are grouped into seven categories: qualities for social relationships, physical traits, intellectual qualities and / or for the task, benefit of the relationship (individual or mutual towards the task or social aspects), social bond and similarities. Discussion: In the scientific literature and in recent research, it is found that these motives are conditioned by several criteria; in particular, related to sex and the moment of adolescence in which the students are.