TY  - GEN
A1  - Kulawiak, Pawel R.
A1  - Urton, Karolina
A1  - Krull, Johanna
A1  - Hennemann, Thomas
A1  - Wilbert, Jürgen
T1  - Internalizing Behavior of Sociometrically Neglected Students in Inclusive Primary Classrooms
BT  - A Methodological Issue?
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Internalizing problems in children belong to the category of special educational needs called emotional and behavioral difficulties. Recent decades have witnessed a critical discussion about whether children and adolescents experiencing internalizing problems are at risk of being sociometrically neglected (neither liked nor disliked by their peers). Previous studies have shown evidence both for and against the association between internalizing problems and neglected sociometric status. These contradictory results may be due to the following methodological aspects: (1) shortcomings of sociometric status classification methods (arbitrariness of the sociometric classification rules) and (2) different operationalizations of internalizing problems (broadband and narrowband dimensions of behavior). The aim of the present study is to investigate empirically whether and to what extent these methodological aspects lead to contradictory results on the internalizing behavior of neglected students. This question is investigated using a sample of students (N = 2334) in German inclusive primary schools. The systematic investigation presented here provides initial indications that the various methodological approaches can lead to conflicting results. The contradictory results are not only due to the application of different sociometric classification methods, but also to different operationalizations of internalizing behavior (narrowband and broadband scales). Earlier contradictory evidence on the internalizing behavior of neglected students must therefore be seen in a different light: the reasons for previously conflicting results may actually be methodological. Based on the results, conclusions are drawn as to how methodological aspects can be given more consideration in sociometric research on internalizing behavior.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 652 
KW  - special educational needs
KW  - inclusive education
KW  - social inclusion
KW  - sociometric status
KW  - sociometric neglect
KW  - internalizing behavior
KW  - broadband and narrowband dimensions of behavior
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-474525
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 652
ER  -