An actor-based model of social network influence on adolescent body size, screen time, and playing sports

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Shoham, David A ^a   Tong, Liping ^a   Lamberson, Peter J ^b   Auchincloss, Amy H ^c   Zhang, Jun ^a   Dugas, Lara ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^d   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT; STOCHASTIC ACTOR BASED MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84863083786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039795     Document Type: Article

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