The Evolution of Adolescent's Friendship Networks with Body Mass Index

The goal of the present study is to analyze the evolution of friendship network and body mass index (BMI) for adolescents in 3 different types of class---boy only, girl only, and boy and girl mixed. Complicated network surveys were administrated in classrooms on several high schools in Southern Taiw...

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Published in:2017 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM) pp. 886 - 891
Main Author: Wu, Chyi-In
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 31.07.2017
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Adolescent
Applied computing
Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences
Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences > Psychology
Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences > Sociology
Applied computing > Life and medical sciences
BMI
Computing methodologies
Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation
Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Model development and analysis
Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Model development and analysis > Model verification and validation
Evolution of network
Friendship networks
Mathematics of computing
Networks
Networks > Network types
Networks > Network types > Overlay and other logical network structures
Networks > Network types > Overlay and other logical network structures > Online social networks
ISBN:1450349935, 9781450349932
ISSN:2473-991X
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Summary:The goal of the present study is to analyze the evolution of friendship network and body mass index (BMI) for adolescents in 3 different types of class---boy only, girl only, and boy and girl mixed. Complicated network surveys were administrated in classrooms on several high schools in Southern Taiwan. The participants are the students who attend these three types of class. Sociometric data were collected by having each student nominate up to 16 intimate classmates. Panel data was collected 7 times across 2 school semesters from Sep. 2008 to Jun. 2009. The program for dynamic social network analysis, SIENA, was applied to estimate the models for the evolution of adolescent's friendship networks and BMI. The result showed that BMI has effect on girls' class, but not boys'. In brief, the different composition of gender in a class will construct social norm about BMI and exerts different effect on network evolution. It is helpful for intervention plan focused on norms. Keywords: Friendship networks, BMI, Adolescent, Evolution of network
ISBN:1450349935
9781450349932
ISSN:2473-991X
DOI:10.1145/3110025.3110155