Beyond dyadic interdependence: actor-oriented models for co-evolving social networks and individual behaviors

Burk, William J.Örebro universitet,Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap (author)

Beyond dyadic interdependence : actor-oriented models for co-evolving social networks and individual behaviors

Actor-oriented models are described as a longitudinal strategy for examining the co-evolution of social networks and individual behaviors. We argue that these models provide advantages over conventional approaches due to their ability to account for inherent dependencies between individuals embedded in a social network (i.e., reciprocity, transitivity) and model interdependencies between network and behavioral dynamics. We provide a brief explanation of actor-oriented processes, followed by a description of parameter estimates, model specification, and selection procedures used by the Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analyses (SIENA) software program (Snijders, Steglich, Schweinberger, & Huisman, 2006). To illustrate the applicability of these models, we provide an empirical example investigating the co-evolution of friendship networks and delinquent behaviors in a longitudinal sample of Swedish adolescents with the goal of simultaneously assessing selection and influence processes. Findings suggest both processes play a substantive role in the observed dynamics of delinquent behaviors, with influence having a relatively stronger role than selection (especially in reciprocated friendships).

Steglich, Christian E. G. (author)
Snijders, A. B. (author)
Örebro universitetInstitutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Behavioral Development: SAGE Publications31:4, s. 397-4040165-02541464-0651

By the author/editor: Burk, William J.; Steglich, Christ ...; Snijders, A. B.

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