Egocentric social network structure, health, and pro-social behaviors in a national panel study of Americans.

Using a population-based, panel survey, we study how egocentric social networks change over time, and the relationship between egocentric network properties and health and pro-social behaviors. We find that the number of prosocial activities is strongly positively associated with having more friends...

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Main Authors: A James O'Malley, Samuel Arbesman, Darby Miller Steiger, James H Fowler, Nicholas A Christakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352911?pdf=render