Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Adolescents benefit from having a friend whose parents are authoritative, even if their own are not.
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Do Facebook and Other Social Networks Influence Health and Behavior?
August 9, 2011 | Program Result
A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.
The Spread of Behavior in an Online Social Network Experiment
September 3, 2010 | Journal Article
This article presents the results of a controlled trial to assess the influence of social network structure on the health behaviors of individuals. The author examines the spread of behavior through two types of social networks.
RWJF-Supported Study Redefines the Way Researchers See Health Behavior
January 27, 2011 | Story
In an extraordinary example of interdisciplinary research, a scholar combines physics, network theory and social epidemiology to greatly advance our knowledge of how we can help each other live healthier lives.