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. 2019 Aug 12;49(3):645–663. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01088-x

Table 2.

Longitudinal Bayesian social network analyses on friendship selection, maintenance and influence related to prosocial and aggressive behavior in all classrooms (N = 81 classrooms)

Random Fixed Class-level variation
Network dynamics μ sd (μ) p η sd (η) p τ2 sd (τ2)
Friendship cohesion (density) −0.91 0.17 <0.01 1.84 0.39
Reciprocity in friendship 1.61 0.07 >0.99 0.30 0.05
Transitive group formation (gwespFF) 1.64 0.06 >0.99 0.32 0.05
Transitive group formation (gwespBB) 0.23 0.06 >0.99 0.26 0.04
Indegree popularity (sqrt) −0.55 0.06 <0.01 0.22 0.04
Outdegree popularity (sqrt) −0.63 0.05 <0.01 0.21 0.03
Outdegree activity (sqrt) 0.00 0.04 0.50 0.17 0.02
Effect of gender on nominations received* 0.07 0.05 0.91 0.27 0.04
Effect of gender on nominations given* −0.06 0.07 0.20 0.32 0.05
Same gender friendships 0.55 0.05 >0.99 0.31 0.05
Effect of prosocial behavior on nominations received 0.37 0.02 >0.99
Squared effect of prosocial behavior on nominations received −0.11 0.02 <0.01
Effect of prosocial behavior on nominations given −0.46 0.04 <0.01
Squared effect of prosocial behavior on nominations given 0.09 0.04 >0.99
Selection based on similarity in prosocial behavior 0.12 0.03 >0.99
Maintenance based on similarity in prosocial behavior 0.15 0.04 >0.99
Effect of aggression on friendship nominations received −0.02 0.01 0.09
Squared effect of aggression on friendship nominations received −0.03 0.02 0.05
Effect of aggression of friendship nominations given −0.04 0.02 0.02
Squared effect of aggression of friendship nominations given −0.02 0.02 0.21
Selection based on similarity in aggression 0.06 0.02 >0.99
Maintenance based on similarity in aggression 0.27 0.03 >0.99
Prosocial ego * aggressive alter: prosocial adolescents select aggressive friends 0.06 0.02 >0.99
Aggressive ego * prosocial alter: aggressive adolescents select prosocial friends 0.02 0.02 0.82
Behavior dynamics
Prosocial behavior: linear shape –2.39 0.17 <0.01 1.27 0.19
Prosocial behavior: quadratic shape −0.48 0.05 <0.01 0.26 0.04
Prosocial behavior: indegree 0.35 0.02 >0.99
Prosocial behavior: outdegree 0.08 0.01 >0.99
Prosocial behavior: effect from gender −0.94 0.11 <0.01 0.68 0.13
Prosocial behavior: effect from aggression −0.08 0.04 0.02
Influence prosocial friends on prosocial behavior adolescent 0.26 0.08 >0.99
Influence aggressive friends on prosocial behavior adolescent (evaluation) −0.32 0.17 0.01
Influence aggressive friends on prosocial behavior adolescent (endowment) 0.12 0.30 0.63
Aggressive behavior: linear shape −0.07 0.15 0.31 0.68 0.12
Aggressive behavior: quadratic shape 0.03 0.05 0.72 0.35 0.04
Aggressive behavior: indegree 0.00 0.02 0.51
Aggressive behavior: outdegree −0.01 0.01 0.31
Aggressive behavior: effect from gender 0.33 0.10 >0.99 0.52 0.10
Aggressive behavior: effect from prosocial behavior −0.04 0.06 0.27
Influence aggressive friends on adolescent’ aggression 0.47 0.07 >0.99
Influence prosocial friends on aggression adolescent (evaluation) 0.32 0.15 0.99
Influence prosocial friends on aggression adolescent (endowment) −0.06 0.30 0.42

Posterior means η and standard deviations sd (η) for fixed parameters. Posterior means μ and sd (μ) for random parameters. The p represents the percentile of zero in the posterior distribution. Asterisk indicates girls are reference category