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Peer relations across contexts: individual-network homophily and network inclusion in and after school
Jeff Kiesner1, François Poulin, Eraldo Nicotra
1Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy. jeff.kiesner@unipd.it
Abstract:
Peer relations across 2 contexts (in school and after school) were examined for 577 participants, approximately 12 years old, from 3 middle schools in Milan, Italy. The primary research questions were: Do peer networks from different contexts uniquely contribute to explaining variance in individual behavior? Do measures of peer preference and peer network inclusion across contexts uniquely contribute to explaining individual depressive symptoms? Structural equation models showed that both the in-school and the after-school peer networks uniquely contributed to explaining variance in 2 types of individual problem behavior (in-school problem behavior, after-school delinquency), and that similarity with the 2 peer networks varied according to behaviors specific to each context and across gender. Finally, both in-school and after-school peer network inclusion contributed to explaining variance in depressive symptoms, after controlling for classroom peer preference.
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