Sex differences in the structure and stability of children’s playground social networks and their overlap with friendship relations



Sex differences in social networks

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Table 1

Number and Size of Social Networks at Group, Cluster and Core Levels by Time and Sex, and Play

Networks by Sex

Male               Female                 Total

Mean SD   N Mean SD   N Mean    SD    N

Social networks time 1

Groups

7.5

4.1

8

3.2

1.2

21

4.7

3.0

29

Clusters

5.0

3.1

10

2.8

1.2

16

3.6

2.4

26

Cores

3.1

2.0

9

2.3

.63

13

2.6

1.4

22

Isolates

-

-

4

-

-

9

-

-

13

Social networks time 2

Groups

6.4

5.1

9

3.3

1.6

19

4.3

3.4

28

Clusters

4.9

4.2

9

2.5

.72

17

3.3

2.7

26

Cores

3.3

1.9

9

2.7

.82

10

3.0

1.5

19

Isolates

-

-

0

-

-

10

-

-

10

Play networks

All games

6.0

4.2

3044

4.6

2.7

3158

5.3

3.6

6202

Non-team

4.4

2.5

2279

4.3

2.4

2921

4.4

2.5

5200

games

Team games

10.7

4.8

765

7.6

4.0

237

9.9

4.8

1002

Note. At Time 1, 1 core, 1 cluster and 3 groups and at Time 2, only 2 groups had a mix of males and

females.



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