Problems at home, peer networks at school, and the social integration of adolescents

Citation

Crosnoe, Robert; Olson, Julie Skalamera; & Cheadle, Jacob E. (2018). Problems at home, peer networks at school, and the social integration of adolescents. In Alwin, Duane F. Felmlee Diane H. Kreager Derek A. (Ed.), Social Networks and the Life Course: Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks (pp. 205-218). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Abstract

Research and theory on adolescent development suggest that the kinds of relationships adolescents have at home will matter to the social experiences they have in high school. This chapter explores these potential connections with network and survey data from high schools in a nationally-representative sample of adolescents. Overall, adolescents who had negative relationships with their parents were less likely to feel socially integrated with peers at school, even though they spent more time with peers. This general association does not vary by whether adolescents’ network positions indicated that they were popular but was more pronounced among adolescents with high sociability ratings (i.e., adolescents who nominated multiple peers as their friends). In general, results indicate that relationships with parents were not consistently implicated in peer dynamics at school, but, when relationships in the home and school were connected, they often pointed to social risks for adolescents with problems at home.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71544-5_10

Reference Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

Social Networks and the Life Course: Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks

Author(s)

Crosnoe, Robert
Olson, Julie Skalamera
Cheadle, Jacob E.

Editor(s)

Alwin, Duane F. Felmlee Diane H. Kreager Derek A.

Year Published

2018

Pages

205-218

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

City of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

ISSN/ISBN

978-3-319-71544-5

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-71544-5_10

Reference ID

8303