Peer Influence on Academic Performance: A Social Network Analysis of Social-Emotional Intervention Effects

Prevention Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 903-913

  DeLay, Dawn ^a   Zhang, Linlin ^a   Hanish, Laura D ^a   Miller, Cindy F ^a   Fabes, Richard A ^a   Martin, Carol Lynn ^a   Kochel, Karen P ^b   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Intervention; Peer influence; Social networks; Social emotional learning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; GIRL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER PRESSURE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; TEACHER; WRITING; EDUCATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84978698531     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0678-8     Document Type: Article

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