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Stability of Peer Acceptance and Rejection and Their Effect on Academic Performance in Primary Education: A Longitudinal Research

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  • Francisco J. García Bacete

    (Department of Developmental, Educational and Social Psychology and Methodology, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
    Member of GREI group (Grupo interuniversitario de investigación del rechazo entre iguales en contextos escolares; Interuniversity research group on peer rejection in school contexts).)

  • Victoria Muñoz Tinoco

    (Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Sevilla, Spain
    Member of GREI group (Grupo interuniversitario de investigación del rechazo entre iguales en contextos escolares; Interuniversity research group on peer rejection in school contexts).)

  • Ghislaine Marande Perrin

    (Department of Developmental, Educational and Social Psychology and Methodology, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
    Member of GREI group (Grupo interuniversitario de investigación del rechazo entre iguales en contextos escolares; Interuniversity research group on peer rejection in school contexts).)

  • Jesús F. Rosel Remírez

    (Department of Developmental, Educational and Social Psychology and Methodology, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain)

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to analyze the evolution of peer relationships and academic performance and the effect of the former on the latter in primary education, differentiating between positive and negative relationships. To this end, the likes and dislikes received by each student from his/her classmates were measured at four time points between first and sixth grades, as well as the marks given by their teachers in the subjects of mathematics and Spanish language. One-hundred-sixty-nine students (52.7% girls) from 10 classes of five public schools participated in this study. To verify the objectives, we used a complex structural equation model, obtained from a combination of two autoregressive models (AR, one for social preferences and another one for academic performance), two multi-trait multi-method models (MTMM, one for acceptances and rejections and another one for academic performance in mathematics and Spanish language), and an effects model of social preferences on academic performance. This study confirms: (a) The stability of both peer relationships and academic performance throughout childhood; (b) the stable influence of social relationships on academic performance; and (c) the importance of considering acceptance and rejection differentially. This work reveals the failure of the school to address initial disadvantages, and it provides guidelines for early and inclusive interventions.

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  • Francisco J. García Bacete & Victoria Muñoz Tinoco & Ghislaine Marande Perrin & Jesús F. Rosel Remírez, 2021. "Stability of Peer Acceptance and Rejection and Their Effect on Academic Performance in Primary Education: A Longitudinal Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-28, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:5:p:2650-:d:508738
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