Sentences with phrase «sociometric techniques»

Sociometric techniques that assess peer acceptance, friendships, and behavioral reputation have been used with children with other chronic diseases (Reiter - Purtill, Vannatta, Gerhardt, Correll, & Noll, 2003), but adolescents have been neglected.

The development and application of sociometric techniques for the identification of isolated and rejected children

Gresham (1986) proposes a division of social skills» definitions in three general types: 1) Peer acceptance ones, which tend to rely on peer acceptance indices (e.g. sociometric techniques), 2) Behavioral ones which tend to explain social skills as situation - specific behaviors, and 3) Social validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relations.

Interviewing and sociometric techniques may constitute an important part of an assessment design but would be considered second choices, argues the same author, adding that projective - expressive techniques or objective, self - report instruments may help in further clarification of the results but should only be used in a complimentary manner (Merrell, 2001).

Most researchers agree to six primary methods of collecting relevant information: behavioral observation, behavior rating scales, interviewing, self - report instruments, projective - expressive techniques, and sociometric techniques (Merrell, 2001).

The pupil evaluation inventory — A sociometric technique for assessing children's social behavior