Research Group in Physical Activity, Sports and Health Sciences (GICAFS), Departamento de Cultura Física, Universidad de Córdoba, Avenue 6 #77- 305, Montería, Colombia.
Instituto Universitario de Educación Física, Universidad de Antioquia, Avenue 75 #65-87 - Bloque 45, Medellín, Colombia.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Aug 31;11(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01299-9.
Social factors and networks of friends can influence an adolescent's behavior, including academic performance (AP) in school. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between AP and adolescents' social networks in a Caribbean city in Colombia.
A cross-sectional study was carried out with 806 schoolchildren from 12 to 17 years old of both sexes (52.7% girls), selected by multi-stage sampling from schools in the rural and urban areas of the city of Montería, Colombia. The AP was obtained from the school records; the sociodemographic variables included the location of the school (rural or urban), family structure, family functioning (Apgar score), and family affluence scale. Social network variables included social activity, popularity, reciprocity, homophily, friends' academic performance, network size, network density, cluster of friends, and centrality.
The AP was inversely associated with the Apgar score in boys. No associations of AP with the school location, family structure, family affluence scale, and age were observed. In social network variables, AP was positively associated with popularity and friends' academic performance in girls and boys, and negatively associated with homophily in boys.
AP was associated with social network variables. These results could help implement interventions to improve adolescents' social environment and AP.
社会因素和朋友圈会影响青少年的行为，包括学业成绩（AP）。本研究旨在分析哥伦比亚加勒比城市青少年的社会网络与 AP 之间的关系。
这是一项横断面研究，共纳入 806 名 12 至 17 岁的男女学生（52.7%为女生），通过多阶段抽样来自哥伦比亚蒙特里亚市农村和城市地区的学校。AP 成绩来自学校记录；社会人口学变量包括学校位置（农村或城市）、家庭结构、家庭功能（阿普加评分）和家庭富裕程度。社会网络变量包括社会活动、受欢迎程度、互惠性、同质性、朋友的学业成绩、网络规模、网络密度、朋友群集和中心性。
AP 与男孩的阿普加评分呈负相关。AP 与学校位置、家庭结构、家庭富裕程度和年龄均无相关性。在社会网络变量中，AP 与女孩和男孩的受欢迎程度和朋友的学业成绩呈正相关，与男孩的同质性呈负相关。
AP 与社会网络变量相关。这些结果有助于实施干预措施，改善青少年的社会环境和 AP。
