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The goal of the present study is to analyze the evolution of adolescent friendship network and depression. A network survey was carried out in classrooms of high schools. The participants are 93 boys and 82 girls. Sociometric data were collected by having each student nominate up to 16 intimate classmates. Mandarin Chinese version of the center for epidemiological studies-depression scale (MC-CES-D) was adopted as the measurement of depression. Panel data was collected across 3 semesters from Sep. 2008 to Jan. 2010. The program SIENA was applied to estimate the models for the evolution of social networks and depression. The result showed that gender had effect in the beginning, and depression had effect during the 2nd semester. The results and implication are discussed.
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Yang, HH., Wu, CI., Lai, YH., Kuo, SC. (2014). Evolution of Social Networks and Depression for Adolescence. In: Wang, L.SL., June, J.J., Lee, CH., Okuhara, K., Yang, HC. (eds) Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research. MISNC 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 473. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45071-0_11
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