Social Networks and the Life Course 1st edition by Duane Alwin,Diane Felmlee,Derek Kreager 9783319715445 3319715445

Part I. Theoretical Perspectives on Social Networks and the Life Course

1. Together Through Time – Social Networks and the Life Course

2. Nine Ways That Social Relationships Matter for the Life Course

3. The Linked Lives Principle in Life Course Studies: Classic Approaches and Contemporary Advances

Part II. Social Network Perspectives on the Life Course

4. Life Course and Network Advantage: Peak Periods, Turning Points, and Transition Ages

5. Life Course Events and Network Composition

Part III. Marriage and Family Networks

6. Calling on Kin: The Place of Parents and Adult Children in Egocentric Networks

7. Changes in Spousal Relationships over the Marital Life Course

Part IV. Childhood and Adolescent Social Networks

8. The Evolution of Youth Friendship Networks from 6th to 12th Grade: School Transitions, Popularity and Centrality

9. Best Friends for Now: Friendship Network Stability and Adolescents’ Life Course Goals

10. Problems at Home, Peer Networks at School, and the Social Integration of Adolescents

Part V. Gender and Social Networks

11. Who Wants the Breakup? Gender and Breakup in Heterosexual Couples

12. Gendered Life Course Transitions: The Case of Driving Cessation and Social Networks

13. How Much Can Be Expected of One Child? Consequences of Multiplexity of Mothers’ Support Preferences on Adult Children’s Psychological Well-Being

Part VI. Race and Social Networks

14. Race, Social Relations and the Life Course

15. Can Extracurricular Activities Reduce Adolescent Race/Ethnic Friendship Segregation?

Part VII. Tracking Social Networks Through Time

16. Structure by Death: Social Network Replenishment in the Wake of Confidant Loss

17. Changes of Personal Network Configuration Over the Life Course in the USA: A Latent Class Approach

Part VIII. Inter-generational Social Networks

18. Trajectories of Mother-Child Relationships Across the Life Course: Links with Adult Well-Being

19. Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission

Part IX. Exploring the Potential of Social Networks as Mechanisms for Prevention

20. A Life Course and Networks Approach to Prison Therapeutic Communities

21. Impact of School-Based Prevention Programs on Friendship Networks and the Diffusion of Substance Use and Delinquency

Part X. Conclusions

22. Strategies for Integrating Network and Life Course Perspectives