Network Ecology and Adolescent Social Structure

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1088-1121

  McFarland, Daniel A ^a   Moody, James ^b,c   Diehl, David ^d   Smith, Jeffrey A ^e   Thomas, Reuben J ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; ecology; hierarchy; multiple networks; network dynamics; schools; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CASTE SYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84911488560     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414554001     Document Type: Article

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