Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior in Classroom

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K20281
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College
• Principal Investigator: Tang Yinqi 共愛学園前橋国際大学, 国際社会学部, 助教 (40965430)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 攻撃行動 / 向社会的行動 / 学級風土

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The different aspects of in-class status were examined in this study. Perceived popularity and sociometric popularity were measured using the behavioral traits of aggressive and prosocial behaviors as daily classroom behaviors among junior high school students. The purpose of this study was to examine how each type of popularity is related to bullying and classroom climate on a short-term longitudinal basis. The results suggested that the combination of aggressive and prosocial behaviors may capture both perceived and sociometric popularity, that students with perceived popularity are aware of most bullying in the classroom, and that prosocial behaviors observed in the classroom influence subsequent positive classroom climate.

Free Research Field

教育心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義として（１）学級内地位を個人の行動特性である攻撃行動と向社会的行動によって測定できること示し，今後の研究の可能性を提示したこと，（２）学級内地位が学級内におけるいじめおよび肯定的な学級風土と関連することを示し，その重要性を実証的に明らかにしたことが挙げられる。また，本研究の社会定意義としては，生徒自身が持つ行動特性の側面が学級に与えうる影響を明らかにし，学級経営への示唆を示した点が挙げられる。