This article combines studies of transitivity and homophily in an empirical analysis of
personal network integration. Using a national sample of individual's personal networks, the …

We examine the effect of individual psychological differences on network structures,
proposing several hypotheses about how individual differences might predispose actors to …

Models of network formation emphasize the importance of social similarity and propinquity in
producing strong interpersonal connections. The positive effect each factor can have on tie …

For society, network capital conveys resources, confirms identity, influences behavior, and
reinforces integrative links between individuals, households, and groups. Multilevel analysis …

The effort to understand personal relationships has traditionally focused on the individual
characteristics of participants. Personal Relationships and Personal Networks takes this …

This article uses data on 'network instability'to show how differences across multiple
measurements on the membership of personal networks can yield important insights into the …

Most personal (egocentric) network studies describe networks using measures that are not
structural, opting instead for attribute-based analyses that summarize the relationships of the …

Using data on 60 intentional communities from the Urban Communes Data Set, we examine
factors related to the persistence of ties 12 years later, when nearly all members had left the …

We welcome this opportunity to revisit “Measuring Tie Strength”(Marsden an d Campbell
1984) in light of more recent social network studies. When we wrote our article, the field of …

Studies of active personal networks have primarily focused on providing reliable estimates
of the size of the network. In this study, we examine how compositional properties of the …