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ERIC Number: EJ567811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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The Popularity of Friendship and the Neglect of Social Networks: Toward a New Balance.
Cairns, Robert; Xie, Hongling; Leung, Man-Chi
New Directions for Child Development, n80 p25-53 Sum 1998
Maintains that the study of peer relations has focused heavily on children's dyadic experiences. Argues that an analysis of children's experiences at the network or group level provides an equally compelling perspective on their relations within their peer system. Shows how the dynamics of peer networks determine social experiences and influence phenomena such as delinquency. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Friendship, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Group Status, Group Structure, Group Unity, Measurement Techniques, Network Analysis, Peer Acceptance, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Research Methodology, Social Networks, Sociometric Techniques
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Group Size
Note: Theme issue topic: "Sociometry Then and Now: Building on Six Decades of Measuring Children's Experiences with the Peer Group." For journal availability see New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.