Abstract

SANCHEZ-ESCOBEDO, Pedro; CAMELO LAVADORE, Ana Karen; VALES GARCIA, Javier José  and  BARRERA-HERNANDEZ, Laura Fernanda. Social Acceptance of High Achieving Students: A Comparative Study Between Yucatan and Sonora States in Mexico. Psicumex [online]. 2020, vol.10, n.1, pp.92-102.  Epub Dec 09, 2020. ISSN 2007-5936.  https://doi.org/10.36793/psicumex.v10i1.344.

This work explored and compared the social acceptance of high achieving high school students in two states of Mexico, Sonora in the North and Yucatan in the South. An instrument was designed ad hoc to measure three dimensions of social acceptance: school activities, social activities, and friendship, with an alpha reliability coefficient of .91. This was administered to 500 high school students, half from each state. In general, high levels of social acceptance of high achieving students was found. Women and Sonora’s students showed more acceptance of the high achievers. Findings fail to support the notion of social rejection and stigmatization of high school students with good grades and diligence.

Keywords : high achieving; popularity; high school; students; social acceptance.