@article{ref1,
title="Social Networks Derived from Affiliations and Friendships, Multi‐informant and Self‐reports: Stability, Concordance, Placement of Aggressive and Unpopular Children, and Centrality",
journal="Social Development",
year="2009",
author="Rodkin, Philip C. and Ahn, Hai‐Jeong",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="556-576",
abstract="This study compares three variations in how researchers construct middle childhood social networks: (1) with friendships or affiliations as a relational tie; (2) with children providing self reports of relationships, or in addition, multi-informant reports of relationships in which they are not involved; and (3) whether network computation is correlational or distance-based. The sample was 357 fourth- and fifth-grade students in 17 classrooms. The strongest differences were between self-reported friendship and affiliative networks. Results showed that compared with affiliations, friendship networks had smaller groups, more isolates, and lower fall-to-spring stability. Agreement in social placement between friendship and affiliative networks was generally average, but poor for unpopular and aggressive children. Multi-informant affiliative networks were most robust in their positioning of aggressive children. Multi-informant centrality was uniquely uncorrelated with aggression. Network computation differences were not substantial. Discussion focuses on recommendations for research and the educational promise of network technology.<p />",
language="",
issn="0961-205X",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00505.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00505.x"
}