Friendship networks and ethnic-racial identity development: Contributions of social network analysis.

2015 ◽  
pp. 177-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Kornienko ◽  
Carlos E. Santos ◽  
Kimberly A. Updegraff
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Racial Identity Development ◽  
Friendship Networks

scholarly journals Service, Activism, and Friendships in High School: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis of Peer Influence and Critical Beliefs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Wegemer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Service Activities

AbstractScholars acknowledge that friends shape youth civic engagement, but the relative contribution of peer influence and critical beliefs to civic behaviors has yet to be disaggregated. Informed by sociopolitical development and critical consciousness theories, the present study used longitudinal social network analysis to examine peer socialization and adolescents’ awareness of systemic inequities in relation to participation in service and activist activities at a high school serving primarily low-income Latinx youth. Students were surveyed in May 2019 and May 2020 (N = 354; 51% female; in 2019, Mage = 15.9, age range 14.4 to 18.5). The results yielded evidence of peer influence on service activities, but not activism or perceptions of inequities. In contrast, adolescents’ perception of inequities predicted their activist behavior, but not service, after controlling for network effects and individual covariates. The school provided scaffolding for service activities, but not activist activities, potentially explaining the salience of service participation in youth friendship networks.

scholarly journals Multidimensional homophily in friendship networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
PER BLOCK ◽  
THOMAS GRUND
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Network Models ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Friendship Formation ◽  
Multiple Groups ◽  
Main Effects

AbstractHomophily—the tendency for individuals to associate with similar others—is one of the most persistent findings in social network analysis. Its importance is established along the lines of a multitude of sociologically relevant dimensions, e.g. sex, ethnicity and social class. Existing research, however, mostly focuses on one dimension at a time. But people are inherently multidimensional, have many attributes and are members of multiple groups. In this article, we explore such multidimensionality further in the context of network dynamics. Are friendship ties increasingly likely to emerge and persist when individuals have an increasing number of attributes in common? We analyze eleven friendship networks of adolescents, draw on stochastic actor-oriented network models and focus on the interaction of established homophily effects. Our results indicate that main effects for homophily on various dimensions are positive. At the same time, the interaction of these homophily effects is negative. There seems to be a diminishing effect for having more than one attribute in common. We conclude that studies of homophily and friendship formation need to address such multidimensionality further.

scholarly journals Social Network Analysis and Resilience in University Students: An Approach from Cohesiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Liébana-Presa ◽  
Elena Andina-Díaz ◽  
María-Mercedes Reguera-García ◽  
Iván Fulgueiras-Carril ◽  
David Bermejo-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minimal Contact ◽  
Transversal Study

The Social Network Analysis offers a view of social phenomena based on interactions. The aim of this study is to compare social reality through the cohesion variable and analyse its relationship with the resilience of university students. This information is useful to work with the students academically and to optimise the properties of the network that have an influence in academic performance. This is a descriptive transversal study with 90 students from the first and third year of the Nursing Degree. Cohesion variables from the support and friendship networks and the level of resilience were gathered. The UCINET programme was used for network analysis and the SPSS programme for statistical analysis. The students’ friendship and support networks show high intra-classroom cohesion although there are no differences between the support networks and friendship or minimal contact networks in both of the courses used for the study. The network cohesion indicators show less cohesion in the third year. No correlations were found between cohesion and resilience. Resilience does not appear to be an attribute related to cohesion or vice versa.

scholarly journals Smoking-based selection and influence in gender-segregated friendship networks: a social network analysis of adolescent smoking

Addiction ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 105 (7) ◽  
pp. 1280-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liesbeth Mercken ◽  
Tom A.B. Snijders ◽  
Christian Steglich ◽  
Erkki Vertiainen ◽  
Hein De Vries
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Adolescent Smoking ◽  
Friendship Networks

A model of friendship networks based on social network analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuko Mutoh ◽  
Yuta Imura ◽  
Ryumaru Kato ◽  
Tohgoroh Matsui ◽  
Nobuhiro Inuzuka
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Friendship Networks

scholarly journals The Influence of Adolescents’ Social Networks on Alcohol Consumption: A Descriptive Study of Spanish Adolescents Using Social Network Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enedina Quiroga ◽  
Arrate Pinto-Carral ◽  
Isaías García ◽  
Antonio Molina ◽  
Tania Fernández-Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Alcohol Users ◽  
Adolescent At Risk

In adolescence, friends are important due to their influence on the acquisition of habits such as alcohol consumption. However, there is a lack of studies that describe the structural context of adolescents, which would be useful to implement prevention strategies. Therefore, our research question was how adolescent friendship networks influence alcohol consumption. Our goal was to determine the structural profile of adolescent at-risk alcohol users and their relational context in the classroom. We designed a descriptive cross-sectional study based on social network analysis to analyze structural patterns. We recruited 195 students. Social-network and alcohol-consumption variables were analyzed using the UCINET and STATA programs. Some 86.67% of participants had consumed alcohol at some time in their lives and the prevalence of at-risk alcohol use was higher in females (50.48% vs. 49.52%; OR: 1.84; CI 95%: 0.99–3.43%; p = 0.036). The lower the intensity of friendship, the more contacts adolescent at-risk alcohol users had within the network, and the easier it was for them to access their peers. Consequently, we conclude that the structure of a class is a key factor that merits further research.

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