A Paradox of School Social Organization: Positive School Climate, Friendship Network Density, and Adolescent Violence.

ABSTRACT: Schools are often encouraged to foster a positive climate to reduce adolescent violence, but evidence on the effectiveness of this approach varies significantly. This study investigates the roots of this variation by testing alternative hypotheses about how positive school-level climate and school-level student friendship network density interact to shape adolescent violence perpetration. Research on informal social control and network closure suggests that the violence-reducing association of positive school climate will be enhanced among schools where students are more densely tied through their friendships. Research on youth conflict and subversion of control suggests the opposite. These hypotheses are tested with data from Waves I-II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to

SUBMITTER: Pinchak NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11467121 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature