The 'friendship dynamics of religion,' or the 'religious dynamics of friendship'? A social network analysis of adolescents who attend small schools

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1198-1212

  Cheadle, Jacob E ^a   Schwadel, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent social networks; Friendship networks; Homophily; Religion; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863110019     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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