Homophily and heterophily in personal networks. From mutual acquaintance to relationship intensity

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2657-2670

  Lozares, Carlos ^a   Verd, Joan Miquel ^a   Cruz, Irene ^a   Barranco, Oriol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective proximity; Heterophily; Homophily; Interaction; Personal networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905397782     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9915-4     Document Type: Article

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