ERIC Number: ED579443
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 8
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Asymmetry in the Perception of Friendship in Students Groups
Lancieri, Luigi
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (14th, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Oct 18-20, 2017)
Several studies point out the link between sociability and academic results. In this paper, we highlight a phenomenon of asymmetry in the perception of friendship. This occurs when a student think he has more or less friends than he really has. We present an experimental method that allows us to analyze this question in relation with the academic performances of 15 groups of students. We show that students having a symmetric view of their friendship relations tend to have the better results. Furthermore, our study shows that the link between sociability and results improvement is stronger for lower grades (i.e younger students). [For the complete proceedings, see ED579395.]
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Academic Achievement, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Social Attitudes, College Students, Interaction, Cluster Grouping, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: European Union (EU) (Belgium)
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Identifiers - Location: France
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