Masculinity,educational achievement and social status: a social network analysis |
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| Authors: | Dean Lusher |
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| Institution: | Psychological Sciences , University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 2010, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This study utilises a quantitative case study social network approach to explore the connection between masculinity and scholastic achievement in two secondary, all-boys schools in Australia. In both schools two social networks representing social status are explored: the friendship network as a measure of status that includes emotional investment, and the influence network as a measure of status without emotion. Results demonstrate that for both schools the friendship network is not associated with academic achievement, though boys with similar levels of academic application cluster together. However, for the influence network there are effects related to achievement, application and attitudes toward an anti-academic/masculinity connection, as too toward ethno-cultural background. The results differ by school and show the importance of local context. However, similarities in the schools show that masculine identities may be engaged in the social interactions of students, ones which engage masculine stereotypes in public but not in private. |
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| Keywords: | masculinities academic achievement social status social networks exponential random graph models |
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