How Do They ‘End Up Together’? A Social Network Analysis of Self-Control, Homophily, and Adolescent Relationships

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Self-control theory (Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990 ) argues that individuals with similar attributes tend to ‘end up together’ (i.e., homophily) because of the tendency to select friends based on self-control. Studies documenting homophily in peer groups interpret the correlation between self-control...

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Main Author: Young, Jacob T. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2011, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-273
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Keywords:
Exponential random graph model
Add Health
Social Networks
Homophily
Peer delinquency
Self-control