Supplemental Material for Peer Influence on Children’s Reading Skills: A Social Network Analysis of Elementary School Classrooms

AbstractScholars acknowledge that friends shape youth civic engagement, but the relative contribution of peer influence and critical beliefs to civic behaviors has yet to be disaggregated. Informed by sociopolitical development and critical consciousness theories, the present study used longitudinal social network analysis to examine peer socialization and adolescents’ awareness of systemic inequities in relation to participation in service and activist activities at a high school serving primarily low-income Latinx youth. Students were surveyed in May 2019 and May 2020 (N = 354; 51% female; in 2019, Mage = 15.9, age range 14.4 to 18.5). The results yielded evidence of peer influence on service activities, but not activism or perceptions of inequities. In contrast, adolescents’ perception of inequities predicted their activist behavior, but not service, after controlling for network effects and individual covariates. The school provided scaffolding for service activities, but not activist activities, potentially explaining the salience of service participation in youth friendship networks.

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The Social Network Analysis on the Interpersonal Relationship of the Elementary School Taekwondo Training Students

Korean Society for the Sociology of Sport ◽

10.22173/jksss.2008.21.3.553 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 553-577 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lee Se Hwan ◽

Woosung Kim

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Interpersonal Relationship ◽

The Social ◽

Relationship Of

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Peer selection and influence on children’s reading skills in early primary grades: a social network approach

Reading and Writing ◽

10.1007/s11145-017-9733-5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (7) ◽

pp. 1473-1500 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Noona Kiuru ◽

Dawn DeLay ◽

Brett Laursen ◽

William J. Burk ◽

Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Reading Skills ◽

Primary Grades ◽

Network Approach ◽

Peer Selection ◽

Social Network Approach ◽

Early Primary ◽

Children's Reading ◽

Children’S Reading

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Toward an Understanding of Peer Influence on Undergraduate Study Abroad Participation

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad ◽

10.36366/frontiers.v30i3.421 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 51-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Melissa Whatley

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Study Abroad ◽

Peer Influence ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Education Abroad ◽

Optimal Decisions ◽

Undergraduate Study

This study explores the role of peer influence on students’ decisions to participate in study abroad. Although previous research has identified many factors that relate to study abroad participation, peer influence represents an underexplored factor for consideration in this line of research. Using the tools of social network analysis, this study finds a small but significant relationship between peer study abroad and a student’s participation in study abroad. Results provide food for thought about the way peers may influence students in their decisions surrounding study abroad, both directly and indirectly. This line of inquiry has important implications for education abroad professionals who seek to leverage peer influence so that students make optimal decisions

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