Links between social network closure and child well-being: The organizing role of friendship context

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1057-1068

  Fletcher, Anne C ^a   Hunter, Andrea G ^a   Eanes, Angella Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Context; Friends; Social network closure; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33750691701     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1057     Document Type: Article

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