Dynamics of Adolescent Friendships: The Interplay between Structure and Gender

2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining Pub Date : 2011-07-25 DOI:10.1109/ASONAM.2011.30

Pei-Chun Ko, V. Buskens

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This study investigates the network characteristics of adolescent friendship networks and the interaction between network characteristics and gender. Two competing hypotheses for closure and openness are derived and tested. Adolescents might strive for network closure, because this facilitates trust and trustworthiness among their friends. However, openness can also be beneficial because it facilitates establishing multi-layered identities and finding novel ideas for school tasks. The hypothesis for interaction between structure and gender is derived from the argument that gender influences the criteria for seeking and making friends during adolescence. SIENA is used to estimate the effects of network and individual characteristics on friendship formation. The data consists of longitudinal friendship nominations of 410 Taiwanese adolescents. We find that adolescents have a tendency to establish friendships that increase network closure. This tendency is stronger for male than for female adolescents in single-gender classes. On the contrary, the tendency towards network closure is stronger for female than for male adolescents in mixed-gender classes.

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青少年友谊的动态:结构和性别之间的相互作用

本研究探讨青少年友谊网络的网络特征及网络特征与性别的互动关系。两个相互竞争的假设封闭性和开放性被导出和测试。青少年可能会争取网络封闭，因为这有助于他们的朋友之间的信任和可信赖性。然而，开放也可能是有益的，因为它有助于建立多层次的身份，并为学校任务找到新的想法。结构和性别之间相互作用的假设来源于性别影响青少年寻找和结交朋友的标准的论点。使用SIENA来估计网络和个体特征对友谊形成的影响。本研究以410名台湾青少年为研究对象，进行纵向友谊提名。我们发现青少年有建立友谊的倾向，这增加了网络的封闭性。在单性别班级中，这种趋势在男性青少年中比在女性青少年中更为明显。相反，在混合性别班级中，女性青少年的网络封闭倾向强于男性青少年。

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