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Same-Sex Sexual Attraction Does Not Spread in Adolescent Social Networks

4 | Sexuality , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

T.A. Brakefield, S.C. Mednick, H.W. Wilson, J.E. deNeve, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Same-Sex Sexual Attraction Does Not Spread in Adolescent Social Networks" Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2): 335-344 (February, 2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013- 0142-9

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else Is Doing It Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Marriage

Citation:

R. McDermott, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else Is Doing It Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample" Social Forces, 92(2): 491-519 (February, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sf/sot096

Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior

3 | Methodology , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior" Statistics in Medicine, 32(4): 556-577 (February 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.5408

Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

Citation:

H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks" Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 166(12): 1132-1139 (December 2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1372

Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks

4 | Cardiovascular Disease , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

K. Strully, J.H. Fowler, J. Murabito, E.J. Benjamin, D. Levy, and N.A. Christakis, "Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks" Social Science and Medicine, 74(7): 1125- 1129 (April 2012)

Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks

4 | Methodology , Phone Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

J.P. Onnela and N.A. Christakis, "Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks" Physical Review E, 85(3): 036106

Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings

4 | Homophily , Social Network , Social Contagion , Obesity

Citation:

M. Pachucki, P.F. Jacques, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings" American Journal of Public Health, 101(11): 2170- 2177 (November 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300282

Minimal Social Network Effects Evident in Cancer Screening Behavior

5 | Health Services Research , Cancer , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

N.L. Keating, A.J. O’Malley, J.M. Murabito, K.P. Smith, and N.A. Christakis, "Minimal Social Network Effects Evident in Cancer Screening Behavior" Cancer, 117(13): 3045-3052 (July 2011)

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

Emotions as Infectious Diseases in a Large Social Network: The SISa Model

4 | Methodology , Emotion , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

A.L. Hill, D.G. Rand, M.A. Nowak, and N.A. Christakis, "Emotions as Infectious Diseases in a Large Social Network: The SISa Model" Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1701): 3827-3835 (December 2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1217

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