Bibliographies of Camp-related Research

Bibliographies of Camp-related Research

Leadership, Social Networks and Personal Attributes in School Age Girls
Edwards, Cynthia Allen
Dissertation. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1990

Purpose:
"Assess the relationship between leadership, social networks, and personal attributes among naturally occurring and semi-structured groups of school age girls in a summer camp setting"

Sample:
159 girls, grades 3 - 9, attending a Girl Scout summer camp.

Methods/Instruments:
Counselor rating scales, peer nominations, "peer produced sociometric measures."

Results:

• Leaders described by their peers as being friendly, thoughtful and organized.
• Leaders were scored by their counselors as being more effective than non-leaders, however, no significant differences were found in empathy scores.
• Subjects centrally located in their peer social network were more frequently nominated by their peers as leaders and rated more highly as leaders by their counselors.
• Leadership status was shown to have consistency across different social settings.