The stability of core and peripheral networks over time

Morgan, David L.; Neal, Margaret B.; Carder, Paula

doi:10.1016/s0378-8733(96)00288-2

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“…Within the context of our study that focuses on the potential role of neighborhoods, substitution can involve the formation or renewal of relationships outside of family and relatives. Widowed individuals might renew or forge friendships with others, particularly those who also have experienced bereavement, who in turn could partially replace the missing support and companionship (Morgan, Neal, & Carder, 1997). Such substitution has been shown to compensate -for the support previously provided by the spouse by contributing to psychological well-being of the bereaved individual (Lang & Carstensen, 1994;Rook, Sorkin, & Zettel, 2004;Rook & Schuster, 1996).…”

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Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals

Subramanian

Elwert

Christakis

2008

Social Science & Medicine

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The effect of death of a spouse on the mortality of the survivor (the "widowhood effect") is wellestablished. We investigated how the effect of widowhood on mortality depends on the neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals in the United States. We developed a large, nationally representative, and longitudinal dataset from Medicare claims and other data sources characterizing 200,000 elderly couples, with nine years of follow-up (1993-2002), and estimated multilevel grouped discrete-time hazard models. In neighborhoods with a low concentration of widowed individuals, widowhood increased the odds of death for men by 22% and for women by 17%, compared to 17% for men, and 15% for women in neighborhoods with a high concentration of widowed individuals. Our findings suggest that neighborhood structural contexts -that provide opportunities for interacting with others and favoring new social engagements -could be potential modifiers of the widowhood effects and as such requires more systematic consideration in future research of widowhood effects on well-being and mortality.

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Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals

Subramanian

Elwert

Christakis

2008

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Each such alter was coded as "forgotten" (if alter was currently a partner) or as "not a current partner" (if alter fell into the categories of "haven't seen in 30 days, not in contact now," "haven't seen in 30 days, still in contact," or "have seen, but not a partner now"). Similar procedures for identifying forgetting have been used in other longitudinal studies (Morgan et al 1997;Wright & Pescosolido 2002). …”

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Partner naming and forgetting: Recall of network members

Bell

Belli-Mcqueen

Haider³

2007

Social Networks

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“…These studies attest to the tendency of networks to "decay" over time, particularly over longer spans (Burt, 2000(Burt, , 2002, with different network constituents decaying at different rates. Morgan, Neal, and Carder (1997) posit a "coreperiphery" network structure, with the core enduring and peripheral members changing more frequently.…”

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Academic research networks: Accessing resources for English-medium publishing

Curry¹,

Lillis²

2010

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Multilingual scholars located outside of Anglophone contexts face growing pressure to publish in English. Evidence from a longitudinal "text-ethnographic" study exploring how 50 psychology and education scholars in southern and central Europe are responding to such pressure indicates that individual linguistic and rhetorical competence alone are usually insufficient for securing publication in English-medium journals. Rather, scholars' accounts demonstrate that participation in academic research networks functions as a key resource for publishing. This article examines the importance of networks and tracks how scholars gain access to and participate in them. We present 'network histories' that map out the network participation of four scholars, foregrounding several core dimensions: local and transnational, formal and informal, strong and weak, durable and temporary. Our findings suggest that strong, local, durable networks are crucial to enabling scholars' participation in transnational networks, which support their publishing in both English and local languages. Findings contribute directly to our understandings about academic publishing in a global context and to broader debates about the efficacy of initiatives for increasing research collaboration such as those sponsored by the EU Framework Programmes. We conclude by briefly considering implications for supporting multilingual scholars' publication and programmes aimed at increasing collaboration.

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The stability of core and peripheral networks over time

Cited by 232 publications

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Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals

Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals

Partner naming and forgetting: Recall of network members

Academic research networks: Accessing resources for English-medium publishing

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