Associazione ESSPER periodici italiani di economia, scienze sociali e storia
Autori: Tassi, Fulvio, Fonzi, Ada Titolo: Ricerca di situazioni competitive e adattamento scolastico in bambini di età scolare Periodico: Giornale italiano di psicologia Anno: 2001 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 283 - Pagina finale: 298
This article deals with pursuing competitive situations and its relationship with scholastic adjustment. The study was carried out on 360 children aged 8-9 years. To asses pursuing competitive situations we developed a 3 item questionnaire for peer nomination and teacher evaluation. To assess scholastic adjustment we collected data concerning academic achievement (self evaluation and teacher evaluation) and socio-metric status (peer nomination). The results verify: 1) the validity of the 3 item questionnaire we developed to assess pursuing competitive situations; 2) a positive correlation between pursuing competitive situations and scholastic adjustment.