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Journal Article Network science (Cambridge University Press) · September 2017 Prevailing social network frameworks examine the association between peer ties and behaviors, such as smoking, but the role of social isolates is poorly understood. Some theories predict isolated adolescents are protected from peer influence that increases ... Full text Open Access Cite

Exit, cohesion, and consensus: social psychological moderators of consensus among adolescent peer groups.

Journal Article Social currents · February 2017 Virtually all social diffusion work relies on a common formal basis, which predicts that consensus will develop among a connected population as the result of diffusion. In spite of the popularity of social diffusion models that predict consensus, few empir ... Full text Open Access Cite

Young Men's Social Network Characteristics and Associations with Sexual Partnership Concurrency in Tanzania.

Journal Article AIDS and behavior · June 2016 Social network influence on young people's sexual behavior is understudied in sub-Saharan Africa. Previous research identified networks of mostly young men in Dar es Salaam who socialize in "camps". This study describes network characteristics within camps ... Full text Cite

Brief Report: Respondent-driven Sampling Estimators Under Real and Theoretical Recruitment Conditions of Female Sex Workers in China.

Journal Article Epidemiology · September 2015 We compare the performance of multiple respondent-driven sampling estimators under different sample recruitment conditions in hidden populations of female sex workers in the midst of China's ongoing epidemic of sexually transmitted infections. We first exa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stickiness of respondent-driven sampling recruitment chains.

Journal Article Network science (Cambridge University Press) · January 2014 Full text Open Access Cite