Siennick Sonja E, Widdowson Alex O, Ragan Daniel T
Florida State University.
University of New Mexico.
J Early Adolesc. 2017 Nov;37(9):1254-1279. doi: 10.1177/0272431616659563. Epub 2016 Jul 20.
School moves during adolescence predict lower peer integration and higher exposure to delinquent peers. Yet mobility and peer problems have several common correlates, so differences in movers' and non-movers' social adjustment may be due to selection rather than to causal effects of school moves. Drawing on survey and social network data from a sample of 7th and 8th graders, this study compared the structure and behavioral content of new students' friendship networks to those of not only non-movers, but also of students about to move schools; the latter should resemble new students in both observed and unobserved ways. The results suggest that the association between school moves and friends' delinquency is due to selection, but the association between school moves and peer integration may not be entirely due to selection.
青春期的转学预示着较低的同伴融入度以及更高的接触不良同伴的几率。然而，流动性和同伴问题存在一些共同的相关因素，因此转学学生和未转学学生在社会适应方面的差异可能是由于选择因素而非转学的因果效应。本研究利用对七年级和八年级学生样本的调查及社交网络数据，将新生友谊网络的结构和行为内容不仅与未转学学生的进行比较，还与即将转学的学生的进行比较；后者在观察到和未观察到的方面都应与新生相似。结果表明，转学与朋友的不良行为之间的关联是由于选择因素，但转学与同伴融入之间的关联可能并非完全由于选择因素。
