A behavior genetic analysis of the tendency for youth to associate according to GPA

Social Networks

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Barnes, J C ^a   Beaver, Kevin M ^b,d   Young, Jacob T N ^c   TenEyck, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Active gene environment correlation (rGE); Behavior genetic; Homophily; Peer network GPA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897749976     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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