A Comparison of Adolescents' Friendship Networks by Advanced Coursework Participation Status

Autor/inn/en	Barber, Carolyn; Wasson, Jillian Woodford
Titel	A Comparison of Adolescents' Friendship Networks by Advanced Coursework Participation Status
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Quarterly, 59 (2015) 1, S.23-37 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9862
DOI	10.1177/0016986214559639
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Academically Gifted; Adolescents; Advanced Placement; Interpersonal Competence; Mathematics Instruction; English Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Peer Influence; Student Characteristics; High School Students; Social Development; Emotional Adjustment; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Statistical Analysis; Social Networks; Racial Factors; Age Differences; Longitudinal Studies; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Soziale Entwicklung; Emotionale Anpassung; Statistische Analyse; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Friendships serve as a source of support and as a context for developing social competence. Although advanced coursework may provide a unique context for the development of friendships, more research is needed to explore exactly what differences exist. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement Study, we compared the friendship networks of students taking advanced mathematics and English coursework to those of similar nonparticipants. Groups were compared on the number of sent or received nominations based on students' listings of friends, the presence and reciprocation of best friendships, and friends' academic engagement and diversity. Controlling for background, advanced coursework participants had larger networks and more engaged friends than did nonparticipants. Small differences in age heterogeneity and in the likelihood of reciprocal best friendships with female friends were found in English course-taking. Participants' networks were also somewhat less racially diverse. (As Provided).
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