Dataset belonging to Peer status and classroom seating arrangements: A social relations analysis.

Study 1 examined whether physical distance between classmates was associated with likeability and popularity. Participants were 336 children from 14 5th and 6th grade classrooms (Mage = 11.36, 47.3% boys).

Children who sat closer to the center of the classroom were liked more. Moreover, classmates who sat closer together liked each other more and perceived each other as more popular. Study 2 examined whether children’s likeability and popularity judgments were also reflected in the way they positioned themselves relative to their peers when they could arrange their classroom themselves.