Feasible, Rigorous, and Relevant: Validation of a Measure of Friendship Homophily for Diverse Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	McCormick, Meghan P.; Cappella, Elise; Hughes, Diane L.; Gallagher, Emily K.
Titel	Feasible, Rigorous, and Relevant: Validation of a Measure of Friendship Homophily for Diverse Classrooms
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (2015) 5-6, S.817-851 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431614547051
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Measures (Individuals); Test Validity; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Student Diversity; Test Reliability; Early Adolescents; Race; Sex; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Messdaten; Testvalidität; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Testreliabilität; Rasse; Abstammung; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Peers become increasingly influential in children's development during late childhood and early adolescence. A large body of research has documented children's proclivity for forming friendships with peers who share similar attributes to themselves, a phenomenon termed homophily. Researchers have used multiple procedures to operationalize homophily. However, a measure of homophily that accounts for the diversity of children in classrooms has yet to be validated in elementary and middle school settings. Using social network data collected from a racially diverse sample of 553 elementary and middle school students (53 classrooms; 7 schools), this study aims to validate a measure of friendship homophily that accounts for differential opportunity structures in classroom contexts. Using race and gender as grouping attributes, we find evidence for the reliability, as well as the convergent and predictive validity, of the friendship homophily measure. Implications for researchers and educators are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01