Variations in network boundary and type: A study of adolescent peer influences

Social Networks

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-316

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Fujimoto, Kayo ^b   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Soto, Daniel W ^a   Meeker, Daniella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Boundary; Multi level; Network type; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880628593     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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