Do adolescent gamers make friends offline? Identity and friendship formation in school

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Highlights：

• Social network data from a full cohort of 16 year olds starting a new school.

• Social network analysis exploring changes to youths' friendships over first year.

• Analyses suggest digital gaming act as motivator for friendship formation in school.

摘要

•Social network data from a full cohort of 16 year olds starting a new school.•Social network analysis exploring changes to youths' friendships over first year.•Analyses suggest digital gaming act as motivator for friendship formation in school.

论文关键词：Adolescent,Youth,Peer,Social network analysis,Computer games,Video games

论文评审过程：Received 10 November 2016, Revised 20 January 2017, Accepted 17 March 2017, Available online 23 March 2017, Version of Record 2 April 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.035