SOCIOMETRIC STATUS WITH SUPPORTING SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH

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Ranya JItardhan

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School-age children and adolescents are an age that is easily affected the psychological impact by life in the school society. On both issues, study and education issue, and school environmental adaptation issue such as teachers, and especially fellow students because this peer group are an important environment that have an influence on emotional and social development for both ages. Taking care and Monitoring of adaptation and social skills issues of students through the school mental health services, is an important thing that teacher must focus on it, and "Sociometric status measurement” is another way to help teachers, school psychologists as well as relevant personnel can know about the level of peer acceptance of students in primary school to secondary school. The research has shown that the sociometric status measurement is one of the tools that can indicate the mental health of students quite well. Answers from all students in the class are analyzed as the level of peer acceptance of each student, which is the information that helps to support, prevent and solve issues on mental health of school-age children and adolescents immediately.

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