scholarly journals Reducing Adolescents’ Approval of Political Violence

2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Social Network Approach ◽  
Over Time

Abstract. This study examines the role of peers in adolescents’ development of universalistic values and positive sentiments toward immigrants, and the extent to which a network of more universalistic or immigrant-friendly peers can reduce approval of violent political means among adolescents. Using longitudinal data on 997 adolescents, the study employed a social network approach to examine these aspects. Results showed no peer influence and peer selection effects for how adolescents develop universalistic values but that peers transfer positive immigrant sentiments to other adolescents over time and also that adolescents tend to select peers with similar sentiments toward immigrants. In addition, whereas peers’ positive sentiments toward immigrants were found not to reduce adolescents’ approval of violent political means over time, such a reducing effect was found for universalistic values. However, further studies are needed to better understand the role of peers with regard to mechanisms underlying adolescents’ development of political orientations.

A Social Network Approach to the Interplay Between Adolescents’ Bullying and Likeability over Time

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1409-1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda Sentse ◽  
Noona Kiuru ◽  
René Veenstra ◽  
Christina Salmivalli
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Social Network Approach ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Female Connectors in Social Networks: Catharine Minnich (Died 1843, Pennsylvania)

Genealogy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Hatton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Family Network ◽  
Kinship Networks ◽  
Social Network Approach

The thesis of the article is that taking a social network approach to genealogical problems of origin and parentage can, where applicable, result in two noteworthy benefits. The first benefit is that it may more quickly and effectively lead to matrilateral kin by helping to reconstruct a kinship network. The second benefit is that it will lead to a deeper understanding of social circles in which a husband and/or wife participate. This approach turns the usual genealogical practice of unravelling a female’s position in a cluster in relation to her husband on its head—the male’s position in a social network is reconstructed by backtracking one of his significant females (wife, mother, or sister). As background, the article briefly discusses networks, the importance of women as connectors in kinship networks, and cultural practices of kinship, in this case, eighteenth-century Germany/United States. It then presents a case study of Catharine Minnich, a Pennsylvania woman of German descent. In addition to analyzing relations by blood and marriage, it recognizes the important role of baptismal sponsors in aligning a multi-family network.

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