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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Friendship networks"”.
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Popularity in fifth grade friendship networks: selection and influence processes
… in selection and influence processes in friendship networks. A longitudinal social network analysis (SIENA) was utilized to study 613 fifth grade students in 26 classrooms in two study sites. Results showed that youth chose their friends based on similarity in popularity more than …
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The role of teachers in classroom peer networks
… in the classroom peer ecology as reflected in friendship and victimization dynamics across the school year. Longitudinal social network analysis (SIENA) was conducted on a sample of 2,389 elementary children in 107 classrooms to investigate the development of friendship networks and …
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The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants
… of variation in a new language and that social networks may impact upon this acquisition. What remains unclear is why certain speakers acquire more local features than others. The findings of this study contribute to knowledge through the use of a mixed methods approach combining quantitative …
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Where you live makes a difference - quantifying neighbourhood effects on the health of young people
… effect of deprivation is reduced by homogenous friendship networks (bonding), civic engagement (bridging), and low average neighbourhood worry about crime (indicator of general trust). As a moderator, homogenous friendship networks and civic engagement buffered young people residing in more …
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Religious participation and social justice: Individual and congregational effects
… shows that greater religious participation or friendship networks have a differential influence on individual social justice prioritization and participation depending on if the congregation is liberal or conservative. Finally, congregational bridging moderated the association between bonding …
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Identifying powerful project stakeholders using workflow, communication and friendship social networks
The social networks of IT projects are examined to determine whether powerful stakeholders are identifiable by their centrality in the communication, workflow and friendship networks. Traditional stakeholder models rely on the abilities of the project manager to correctly attribute certain …
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Social Interactions and Network Formation -- EmpiricalModeling and Applications
… spread of obesity. Studies reveal that social networks play an important role as channels to disseminate information or facilitate activities. By using the spatial autoregressive (SAR) model to study social interactions, one can utilize the detailed network information to construct a spatial …
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An exploration of the online and offline social networks of post primary school pupils in Northern Ireland and their relationship with subjective wellbeing
Social networks are ubiquitous in the lives of adolescents. The thesis aimed to investigate the relationship between social networks (both offline and online) and adolescent subjective wellbeing. This was done in three ways: - firstly, a systematic literature review was conducted to examine the …
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The temporal collage: how British Quakers make choices about time at the beginning of the twenty first century
… Democratised relationships enable commitment in friendship networks, and the research demonstrates how social capital is built in the much-valued Quaker communities to which Friends belong. The thesis also reveals how Friends choose those communities, and describes what they want from involvement …
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The Creation and Illustration of Quality of Life: A Conceptual Model for Examining Welfare Reform Impacts
… whole person, aspects such as health, family and friendship networks, housing situations, public and private support service and program use, conditions of work, and so forth (Erikson, 1993). This is how we come to understand one;s quality of life. The present research creates a conceptual model …
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Military identities : men, families and occupational change.
… decision-making, personal relationships and friendship networks, families, domestic divisions of labour, career interplay, parenting and resettlement. Whilst general patterns of success or failure in resettlement have been the main focus of past interest, this thesis uncovers the differential …
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Lived Experiences of Female Science Majors at a Two-Year College
… There was an absence of mentoring programs, friendship networks in the classes, and social or organizational opportunities 2 that could prove advantageous in improving the experiences of women majoring in the sciences.
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From Culture Shock to Cultural Adaptation: A Workbook for International Students
… and the importance of the establishment of friendship networks for international students. It is to be hoped that by effectively utilizing the project, students will become equipped with the essential skill sets necessary to participate productively in socio-emotional and multicultural …
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A study on creativity: Detection and network structures
… fake content generated by generative adversarial networks. It further uses an approximation from Euclidean information theory for the low error regime and gives simplified bounds for the case where accuracy of the generative process is high. The second part deals with studying the effects of …
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A sociological study of Pakistanis in a Northern town in England. Sponsorship and patronage in the formation of social networks and the role of ethnicity in the community.
… in Britain; in particular, how kinship and friendship networks determine the dominant pattern of social interaction among Pakistanis. Further, it deals with the extent to which these networks help and facilitate the immigration and settlement of Pakistanis in this country and result in their …
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Actor-based Models of Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks: Unravelling complex drivers of behaviour
… substance use cognitions can diffuse through networks at a significant rate based on exposure and susceptibility of networks actors. An important component of this thesis applies newly developed social network and agent-based models to test hypotheses and answer follow-on research questions. …
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Crafting Culture: Scrapbooking and the Lives of Women
… use their leisure time to preserve family and friendship networks which in turn supports a commercial industry. The next chapter explores how women negotiate marital power through the financial costs of their hobby. In the chapter on scrapbooks, I examine how the product and women's …
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FAMILY SYSTEMS THROUGH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
… whether the visual representation of kin or friendship networks is examined.</p><p>Changes in family dynamics and concerns over the lifecycle also affect the family's visual construction of reality. The findings reported here suggest that the family's social and geographical boundaries expand …
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Language shift or maintenance in Tamazight: A sociolinguistic study of Chaouia in Batna, Algeria.
… language policies, capital, and social networks in directing the process of language shift from Chaouia, a variety of Tamazight, to Algerian Arabic. Quantitative and ethnographic methods were employed to collect data. I used 304 questionnaires and 49 interviews, along with a social …
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