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Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study

8 | Honduras , Mental Health , LMIC , Global Health , Sociocentric Network , Social Network , Emotion , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH)

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Lee ST, Papamichalis M, Raygoza-Cortez K, Christakis NA, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL. Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jun 12;16(6):e108285. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108285. PMID: 42285574; PMCID: PMC13288701.

Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages

10 | Biomarker , Cardiovascular Disease , Geographic Effects , Global Health , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , LMIC , Mental Health , Microbiome , Trellis Software

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Shridhar SV, Beghini F, Alexander M, Singh A, Juárez RM, Brito IL, Christakis NA. Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages. Cell Reports. 2024 Jul 3;43(7):114442. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114442. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38968070.

Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments

10 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Inequality , Economics , Mental Health , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Contagion Intervention

Citation:

Nishi, A., German, C.A., Iwamoto, S.K. et al. Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments. Nat. Mental Health 1, 990–1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00159-0

Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism

5 | Cooperation , Mental Health , Experiment , Breadboard Software , Public Goods

Citation:

S.K. Iwamoto, M. Alexander, M. Torres, M.R. Irwin, N. A. Christakis, and A. Nishi, “Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism,” Scientific Reports, 10(1): 6511 (Apr 2020) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62652-1

Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

5 | LMIC , Mental Health , Uganda , Social Network , Global Health

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J. M. Perkins, V. N. Nyakato, B. Kakuhikire, A. C. Tsai, S. V. Subramanian, D. R. Bangsberg, and N. A. Christakis, “Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study,” Public Health Nutrition, 21(5), 838–848 (Oct 2019) DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002154

Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study

3 | Mental Health , Online Network , Social Network

Citation:

H.B. Shakya and N.A. Christakis, "Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study" American Journal of Epidemiology, 2017; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww189

Detecting Emotional Contagion in Massive Social Networks

7 | Emotion , Online Network , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Mental Health , Happiness

Citation:

L. Coviella, Y. Sohn, A.D.I. Kramer, C. Marlow, M. Franceschetti, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Detecting Emotional Contagion in Massive Social Networks" PLoS One, 9(3): e90315 (March, 2014); doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090315

Social Network Determinants of Depression

5 | Mental Health , Emotion , Social Contagion , Social Network , Happiness

Citation:

J.N. Rosenquist, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Network Determinants of Depression" Molecular Psychiatry, 16(3): 273-281 (March 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.13

Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network

5 | Emotion , Mental Health , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

97(6): 977-991 (December 2009), "Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6): 977-991 (December 2009)

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