The sociogram and coexistence in middle schools from Mexico

Abstract

Objective: To know the relationships between students and their roles through the sociogram for the development of interventions that promote a culture of peace in public high schools in the state of Sonora, Mexico. Method: The design is considered action research, in which 274 students from 3 public high schools participated. A sociometric questionnaire was applied to determine the choices and rejections towards peers in each school group. Results: It was found that the leadership and rejection roles were equally distributed between sexes in most of the groups. The existence of peer violence problems was highlighted. The situation of a student with intellectual disability was found to be rejected by most of the group members. Based on the findings obtained, actions were designed and implemented to improve relations among the students in each group. Discussion and Conclusions: It is concluded that the sociogram is a useful tool for the diagnosis of school groups at secondary school level, in the region of Sonora, Mexico, which coincides with similar studies in previous studies conducted in other contexts. Finally, it is recommended to monitor the strategies designed and implemented in the school groups and to carry out evaluations through a pretest and posttest with the sociometric questionnaire in subsequent studies.