Homophily and contagion as explanations for weight similarities among adolescent friends

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-427

  De La Haye, Kayla ^a,b,f   Robins, Garry ^c   Mohr, Philip ^b   Wilson, Carlene ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Obesity; Peer effects; Selection; Social networks; Stochastic actor oriented models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80052971587     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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