Abstract

LOSADA, Lidia; CEJUDO, Javier; BENITO-MORENO, Silvia  and  PEREZ-GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos. Guess Who 4 Sociometric Questionnaire as Screening of Social Competence in Elementary Education. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2017, vol.16, n.4, pp.213-225. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy16-4.cscs.

This paper presents the Spanish adaptation and validation of the Guess Who 4 Sociometric Questionnaire (GW4) (Mavroveli, Petrides, Sangareau, and Furnham, 2009), which assesses the social reputation in the context of group-classroom, based on the peer assessment technique by Coie and Dodge (1988). The sample consists of 668 students from third to sixth of primary education, aged 7-13 years (M =9.6, SD=1.11). GW4 correlations with emotional and behavioral problems of child and academic performance are analyzed. The results support the reliability and criterion validity of the instrument as a brief assessment of social competence, for use in research or application to psychoeducational assessment and counseling.

Keywords : peer acceptance; social adjustment; school adjustment; sociometric techniques; classroom climate.

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