Functional specificity in discussion networks: The influence of general and problem-specific networks on health outcomes

Social Networks

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-357

  Perry, Brea L ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional specificity; Health; Mental illness; Role topic dependency; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956916369     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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