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Direct linkCrosnoe, Robert; Frank, Kenneth; Mueller, Anna Strassmann – Social Forces, 2008
To investigate the role of body size in social networks, this study estimated cross-nested multilevel network models (p2) with longitudinal data from the 16 saturated schools in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. As body mass index increased, the likelihood of being nominated by schoolmates as friends--but not the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Females, Friendship, Adolescents
