Poster #20 - Cohesion in Primary School Classes: Comparison of Psychometric and Sociometric Measures

• In Event: 79.052 - MTCC Poster Session 19
  In Poster Session: 79.052-2 - Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment Poster Session

Abstract

Fulfilling the need to belong and achieving common group goals are central group functions ensured in cohesive groups. Combining these two functions with two perspectives on the group (attraction to the group and group integration) results in a four facets model of cohesion (Carron et al., 1985). The instrument GruKo4 (Schürer & van Ophuysen, 2017) records these facets in primary school classes using rating scales. In their place, cohesion indicators are also often used that rely on sociometric data. Since little is known about the relationship between sociometric and psychometric coefficients we computed coefficients of both types for 46 primary school classrooms. Despite their conceptual similarity, most cohesion measures correlated weakly at best. Methodological and theoretical explanations are discussed.

Authors

• Sophie Michalke, WWU Münster

• Sina Schürer, WWU Münster

• Stefanie van Ophuysen, WWU Münster