Personal Network Analysis

McCarty, Christopher; Gamper, Markus; Lubbers, Miranda J.; Molina, José Luis Malo de

doi:10.4135/9781412994170.n286

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“…Ego-centered social network data were collected for each participant (Ego) using EgoNet [ 41 ]. Participants were prompted to “ name 30 people that you know by sight or by name that you could contact today if you needed to .” All participants had to name 30 individuals, or alters.…”

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ACE gene haplotypes and social networks: Using a biocultural framework to investigate blood pressure variation in African Americans

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Deaths due to hypertension in the US are highest among African Americans, who have a higher prevalence of hypertension and more severe hypertensive symptoms. Research indicates that there are both genetic and sociocultural risk factors for hypertension. Racial disparities in hypertension also likely involve genetic and sociocultural factors, but the factors may interact and manifest differently across racial groups. Here we use a biocultural approach to integrate genetic and social network data to better understand variation in blood pressure. We assay genetic variation at the angiotensin I converting enzyme gene (ACE) and analyze social network composition and structure in African Americans living in Tallahassee, FL (n = 138). We demonstrate that models including both genetic and social network data explain significantly more variation in blood pressure and have better model diagnostics than do models including only one datatype. Specifically, optimal models for systolic and diastolic blood pressure explain a notable 35% and 21%, respectively, of blood pressure variation. Analysis of the social networks reveals that individuals whose networks are dominated by family connections and are more fragmented have higher blood pressure. Historically, family support has been associated with better mental and physical health, but our results suggest that those family connections can also take a toll on health. These findings raise compelling questions regarding the roles of genetics, family, and social environment in hypertension in the African American community and suggest that interactions among these factors may help explain racial disparities in hypertension more accurately than any of the factors alone.

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ACE gene haplotypes and social networks: Using a biocultural framework to investigate blood pressure variation in African Americans

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“…But neither study included direct observations of teachers’ behaviors that could be linked to teachers’ interpretations or those of their network members. Our study will extend previous literature by explicitly measuring teacher’s exposure to others’ comprehension and interpretations of the external forces of accountability pressures and curricular standards through egocentric network (Perry et al, 2018) or personal network (McCarty et al, 2019) data and relating that exposure to direct observations measuring ECTs’ instructional practices. We then view any relationship between the interpretation of external circumstances and practice as reflecting a sensemaking process.…”

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From Interpretation to Instructional Practice: A Network Study of Early-Career Teachers’ Sensemaking in the Era of Accountability Pressures and Common Core State Standards

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American Educational Research Journal

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Accountability pressures and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics have created complex demands for educators, especially early-career teachers (ECTs). Analyzing longitudinal data, including the social networks of 119 ECTs, we find that ECTs increase their ambitious mathematics instruction when their network members positively interpret accountability pressures and curricular standards as manifest in standardized tests and evaluation. This estimated effect is net of an ECT’s rich covariates, including the levels of ambitious mathematics instruction at the beginning of the academic year. It is implied that not all ECTs experience accountability pressures and curricular standards in the same way—their experiences are affected by the immediate networks in which they are embedded. Corresponding guidance for teacher educators and administrators is given.

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“…The network of the Dutch women’s council was mapped out by a computer-assisted telephone survey data using the egocentric network data collection programme EgoNet (McCarty 2003). The two-stage survey entailed a name generator to list all the relevant actors in the monitoring network and an online meeting for the survey interview.…”

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Swift, brokered and broad-based information exchange: how network structure facilitates stakeholders monitoring EU policy implementation

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2018

J. Pub. Pol.

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Monitoring the implementation process in domestic settings of multi-level policies like the EU gender directives is dependent on interactions among a diverse set of policy stakeholders. However, there is no clear understanding of which factors determine the structure of these monitoring networks and what benefits effective exchange. Drawing on insights from social network theory, literature on information politics in transnational networks and policy network analysis, this study analyses what drives information exchange among actors in the monitoring network of women’s groups in the Netherlands. Using Exponential Random Graph Models, the analysis reveals distinctive structural features facilitating efficient information exchange and significant brokerage in the monitoring network. Moreover, the results demonstrate that interactions that serve the purpose of monitoring EU policy implementation occur among a diverse set of actors in a multi-level structure. These findings indicate that effective monitoring requires resourceful and broad-based information exchange to increase transparency in the implementation process.

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Personal Network Analysis

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ACE gene haplotypes and social networks: Using a biocultural framework to investigate blood pressure variation in African Americans

ACE gene haplotypes and social networks: Using a biocultural framework to investigate blood pressure variation in African Americans

From Interpretation to Instructional Practice: A Network Study of Early-Career Teachers’ Sensemaking in the Era of Accountability Pressures and Common Core State Standards

Swift, brokered and broad-based information exchange: how network structure facilitates stakeholders monitoring EU policy implementation

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