1. How academic achievement spreads: The role of distinct social networks in academic performance diffusion
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Sofia Dokuka, Diliara Valeeva, and Maria Yudkevich
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Male ,Social Sciences ,Friends ,Academic achievement ,Academic Skills ,Social Networking ,Sociology ,Academic Performance ,Psychology ,Longitudinal Studies ,media_common ,Multidisciplinary ,Academic Success ,Multidisciplinary Sciences ,Social Networks ,Science & Technology - Other Topics ,Medicine ,Female ,PEER INFLUENCES ,SEX ,Network Analysis ,BEHAVIOR ,Cognitive psychology ,Research Article ,Diffusion (acoustics) ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Evolutionary Processes ,Social Psychology ,Process (engineering) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Science ,Network topology ,Interpersonal Relationships ,Peer Group ,Social support ,Interpersonal relationship ,COMPLEX CONTAGIONS ,Humans ,Interpersonal Relations ,Network Reciprocity ,Students ,Evolutionary Biology ,Behavior ,Science & Technology ,Cognitive Psychology ,Social Influence ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Social Support ,Peer group ,Friendship ,Collective Human Behavior ,Cognitive Science ,Neuroscience ,Coevolution - Abstract
Behavior diffusion through social networks is a key social process. It may be guided by various factors such as network topology, type of propagated behavior, and the strength of network connections. In this paper, we claim that the type of social interactions is also an important ingredient of behavioral diffusion. We examine the spread of academic achievements of first-year undergraduate students through friendship and study assistance networks, applying stochastic actor-oriented modeling. We show that informal social connections transmit performance while instrumental connections do not. The results highlight the importance of friendship in educational environments and contribute to debates on the behavior spread in social networks. ispartof: PLOS ONE vol:15 issue:7 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2020