Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, 1812 Sir Issac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Mar;49(3):631-644. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01080-5. Epub 2019 Jul 12.
Measures of social network position provide unique social and relational information yet have not been used extensively by researchers who study peer relationships. This study explored two measures-social network prestige and social network centrality-to improve conceptualization of their similarities, differences, and meaning within a peer relationships context. Prestige and centrality were computed from friendship nominations (N = 396 6th graders; 48% girls; 49% White) and participants nominated peers on several social indicators (e.g., aggressive, popular). Two example classroom networks were examined to visually depict social network position. Associations between measures of social network position and social indicators were examined using correlations and latent profile analysis. Latent profile analysis identified three profiles based on the social indicators, which differentially related to prestige and centrality. Overall, prestigious youth were generally well-liked, prosocial, and leaders, whereas central youth were powerful and aggressive. The results strengthen the conceptualization of these network-based measures, allowing them to be more readily used by peer relationships researchers to understand youth's interaction patterns and behaviors.
社会网络地位的衡量标准提供了独特的社会和关系信息，但研究同伴关系的研究人员尚未广泛使用这些信息。本研究探讨了两种衡量标准——社会网络声望和社会网络中心度——以在同伴关系背景下改善对它们的相似性、差异和意义的概念化。声望和中心度是根据友谊提名（N=396 名 6 年级学生；48%是女生；49%是白人）和参与者在几个社会指标（如攻击性、受欢迎程度）上提名的同伴计算得出的。检查了两个示例课堂网络，以直观地描绘社会网络地位。使用相关分析和潜在剖面分析研究了社会网络地位衡量标准与社会指标之间的关联。潜在剖面分析根据社会指标确定了三个基于社会指标的不同特征，这些特征与声望和中心度存在差异。总体而言，有声望的年轻人通常很受欢迎、乐于助人且是领导者，而中心的年轻人则有权力和攻击性。这些结果加强了这些基于网络的衡量标准的概念化，使同伴关系研究人员更易于使用它们来了解年轻人的互动模式和行为。
