Do adolescent garners make friends offline? Identity and friendship formation in school
Study details
| Year: | 2012 |
| Scope: | Local |
| Countries: | Sweden |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Mixed methods |
| Methods of data collection: | Survey; Other |
| Other Methodology: | Social network analysis |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder: | FORTE: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working life and Welfare |
| Funder Types: | National Research Council |
| Has Formal Ethical Clearance: | Yes |
| Informed Consent: | Consent not mentioned |
| Ethics: | Ethical considerations and/or protocol mentioned in the research design |
| URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217301929?via%3Dihub#gs1 |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
"We undertook a longitudinal study to assess the relationships between gamer identity and friendships by studying changes in friendships over one year among a full cohort of students starting high school." (Authors, 285)