This article expands research on normative school transitions (NSTs) from elementary to middle school or middle to high school by examining the extent to which they disrupt structures of friendship networks. Social network analysis is used to quantify aspects of connectedness likely relevant to student experiences of social support. Data were drawn from 25 communities followed from sixth to ninth grades. Variability in timing of NSTs permitted multi-level longitudinal models to disentangle developmental effects from transition effects. Results indicated that friendship networks were most interconnected in smaller schools and among older students. Beyond these effects, transitions from a single feeder school to a single higher level school were not associated with changes in friendship patterns. Transitions from multiple feeder schools to a single higher level school were associated with diminished friendship stability, more loosely connected friendship networks, increased social distance between students, and friendship segregation between students who formerly attended different schools.

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非城市学区规范学校转型的社交网络影响

本文通过考察标准化学校过渡 (NST) 对友谊网络结构的破坏程度，扩展了从小学到初中或初中到高中的规范学校过渡 (NST) 的研究。社交网络分析用于量化可能与学生的社会支持体验相关的连通性方面。数据来自 25 个社区，涵盖六年级至九年级。NST 时间的可变性允许多层次纵向模型将发展效应与转型效应分开。结果表明，规模较小的学校和年龄较大的学生之间的友谊网络最为紧密。除了这些影响之外，从单一寄宿学校到单一更高级别学校的过渡与友谊模式的变化无关。从多所附属学校到单一更高级别学校的过渡与友谊稳定性下降、友谊网络连接更松散、学生之间的社交距离增加以及以前就读不同学校的学生之间的友谊隔离有关。