Social Networks And The Life Course: Integrating The Development Of Human Lives And Social Relational Networks (frontiers In Sociology And Social Research (2))

Annotation This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks. It focuses on the integration of two subfields of sociology/social science--the life course and social networks. Research practitioners studying social networks typically focus on social structure or social organization, ignoring the complex lives of the people in those networks. At the same time, life course researchers tend to focus on individual lives without necessarily studying the contexts of social relationships in which lives are embedded and "linked" to one another through social networks. These patterns are changing and this book creates an audience of researchers who will better integrate the two subfields. It covers the role of social networks across the life span, from childhood and adolescence, to midlife, through old age Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Together Through Time – Social Networks and the Life Course (Duane F. Alwin, Diane H. Felmlee, Derek A. Kreager)....Pages 3-26 Nine Ways That Social Relationships Matter for the Life Course (Richard A. Settersten Jr.)....Pages 27-40 The Linked Lives Principle in Life Course Studies: Classic Approaches and Contemporary Advances (Deborah Carr)....Pages 41-63 Front Matter ....Pages 65-65 Life Course and Network Advantage: Peak Periods, Turning Points, and Transition Ages (Ronald S. Burt)....Pages 67-87 Life Course Events and Network Composition (Peter V. Marsden)....Pages 89-113 Front Matter ....Pages 115-115 Calling on Kin: The Place of Parents and Adult Children in Egocentric Networks (Shira Offer, Claude S. Fischer)....Pages 117-138 Changes in Spousal Relationships over the Marital Life Course (Paul R. Amato, Spencer L. James)....Pages 139-158 Front Matter ....Pages 159-159 The Evolution of Youth Friendship Networks from 6th to 12th Grade: School Transitions, Popularity and Centrality (Diane H. Felmlee, Cassie McMillan, Paulina Inara Rodis, D. Wayne Osgood)....Pages 161-184 Best Friends for Now: Friendship Network Stability and Adolescents’ Life Course Goals (Robert Faris, Diane H. Felmlee)....Pages 185-203 Problems at Home, Peer Networks at School, and the Social Integration of Adolescents (Robert Crosnoe, Julie Skalamera Olson, Jacob E. Cheadle)....Pages 205-218 Front Matter ....Pages 219-219 Who Wants the Breakup? Gender and Breakup in Heterosexual Couples (Michael J. Rosenfeld)....Pages 221-243 Gendered Life Course Transitions: The Case of Driving Cessation and Social Networks (Markus H. Schafer)....Pages 245-262 How Much Can Be Expected of One Child? Consequences of Multiplexity of Mothers’ Support Preferences on Adult Children’s Psychological Well-Being (J. Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Siyun Peng, Marissa Rurka)....Pages 263-281 Front Matter ....Pages 283-283 Race, Social Relations and the Life Course (Duane F. Alwin, Jason R. Thomas, Kyler J. Sherman-Wilkins)....Pages 285-313 Can Extracurricular Activities Reduce Adolescent Race/Ethnic Friendship Segregation? (David R. Schaefer, Sandra D. Simpkins, Andrea Vest Ettekal)....Pages 315-339 Front Matter ....Pages 341-341 Structure by Death: Social Network Replenishment in the Wake of Confidant Loss (Benjamin Cornwell, Edward O. Laumann)....Pages 343-365 Changes of Personal Network Configuration Over the Life Course in the USA: A Latent Class Approach (Yoosik Youm, Edward O. Laumann, Keunbok Lee)....Pages 367-387 Front Matter ....Pages 389-389 Trajectories of Mother-Child Relationships Across the Life Course: Links with Adult Well-Being (Jennifer L. Doty, Jeylan T. Mortimer)....Pages 391-413 Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission (Merril Silverstein, Vern L. Bengtson)....Pages 415-429 Front Matter ....Pages 431-431 A Life Course and Networks Approach to Prison Therapeutic Communities (Derek A. Kreager, Martin Bouchard, George De Leon, David R. Schaefer, Michaela Soyer, Jacob T. N. Young et al.)....Pages 433-451 Impact of School-Based Prevention Programs on Friendship Networks and the Diffusion of Substance Use and Delinquency (Kelly L. Rulison, Scott D. Gest, Mark Feinberg, D. Wayne Osgood)....Pages 453-475 Front Matter ....Pages 477-477 Strategies for Integrating Network and Life Course Perspectives (Derek A. Kreager, Diane H. Felmlee, Duane F. Alwin)....Pages 479-486 Back Matter ....Pages 487-493