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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2009 Aug 8;33(3):419–427. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.07.006

Table 2. Steps in Creating Place-Based Social Network Quality Scores.

1. Adolescent Social Network Assessment
  a. Generate list of each adolescents’ close personal contacts, their strong ties which constitute their social networks (up to five network members)
  b. Collect behavioral information on each person in their social network
  c. Create a social network quality score for each person based upon:
        Risk Values         Protective Values
    • Substance user = -1  Non-user = 4
    • Daily user = -3    No risk activities =4
    • Risky Activities = -4  Influence not to use =6
    • Influence to use = -6
          Total network quality scores range -14 to 14
2. Ecological Interview
  a. Free listing of routine locations
  b. Subjective ratings of places as: Important, Safe, Risky, or Favorite
  c. Linking Social Network members to places:
    • “Who in your network typically is with you at your Important, Safe, Risky, Favorite, and Home place?”
3. Place-Based Social Network Quality
  a. Each subject has a social network quality score calculated on the members’ risk and protective values who are typically at each identified place with the subject
  b. Total Place-based network scores range from -70 to 70 (5*-14, 5*14)