Links between Social Network Closure and Child Well-Being: The Organizing Role of Friendship Context

• Published in: Developmental psychology Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1057 - 1068
• Main Authors: Fletcher, Anne C, Hunter, Andrea G, Eanes, Angella Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Child; Children; Cluster Analysis; Correlation; Educational Status; Ethnic Groups - psychology; Ethnicity; Female; Friends; Friendship; Gender Identity; Grade 3; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Interviews; Logistic Models; Male; Mothers; Peer Relationship; Personality Development; Questionnaires; Residence Characteristics; Retrospective Studies; Social Identification; Social Networks; Social Support; Sociometric Techniques; Surveys and Questionnaires; Well Being

Third grade children (N = 404) and their mothers completed questionnaires and participated in interviews designed to identify children's friendships across multiple contexts, determine levels of social network closure for these friendships, and assess child well-being. Cluster analyses revealed...