Comparison of Characteristics in Popular and Solitary Girl Students

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Human being is a social creature and having social relationships is one of his substantial needs. Our purpose is comparing the characteristics in popular and solitary high school girl students. The methodology is casual comparative research. Statistical population is all of high school girl students in Baharestan. Sampling was done in a random cluster method. 8 schools were selected among 21 schools through random cluster sam-pling. 1232 girl participated in the study, 368 of them were categorized in popular and solitary girls categories by sociometry method. 57-question Eysenck personality inventory was used for measurement of girls’ characteristics and for selection of popular and solitary girls, soci-ometry questionnaire was applied. Chi-square was applied for statistical analysis and introversion and psycho-neurotic affliction mean in solitary group was higher than popular one. Findings show that individuals’ cha-racteristics can influence solitude and popularity.

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