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How academic achievement spreads: The role of distinct social networks in academic performance diffusion.
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- Speaking up for the invisible minority: First-generation students in higher education.Journal of cellular physiology · 2024Review
- Reciprocal longitudinal effects between sense of school belonging and academic achievement: quasi-experimental estimates using United States primary school data.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- STEM learning communities promote friendships but risk academic segmentation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Social contagion of academic behavior: Comparing social networks of close friends and admired peers.PloS one · 2022Article
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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.
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