The “Dark Side” of the Strength of Weak Ties: The Diffusion of Suicidal Thoughts
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Granovetter's theory on the strength of weak ties motivates hypotheses on the diffusive nature of suicidal thoughts in the friendship networks of adolescents. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the effects of friends-of-friends attempting suicide on the suicidal thoughts of respondents are estimated. A focus on friends-of-friends permits a test of the weakties thesis because respondents are indirectly linked to friends-of-friends by “open ties” that are both structurally weak and used as bridges. Results for “at-risk” respondents—or those with certain behaviors, statuses, and experiences that create psychological predispositions to suicide—are consistent with Granovetter's theory and thus reveal the “dark side” of the strength of weak ties as at-risk respondents are more likely to seriously think about committing suicide when a friend-of-a-friend attempts suicide, controlling for past suicidal thoughts by the respondent and attempts by friends, family, and students in the respondent's school, among other control factors. Barriers to diffusion are also considered.
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Longitudinal research found that adolescent exposure to friends of friends was associated with greater risks of suicidality.
“as longitudinal research found that adolescent exposure to friends of friends was associated with greater risks of suicidality (Baller and Richardson, 2009).”
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- Authors
- Baller, R. D., & Richardson, K. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Baller, Robert D.
- ORCID
- Richardson, Kelly K.
- Venue
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-276
- ISSN
- 0022-1465 (ISSN-L)
- 2150-6000
- OpenAlex
- W2073904840
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 1.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01- HD31921, P01HD031921)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Health › Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- strength of weak ties, suicidal ideation, friendship networks, adolescents, Granovetter, friends of friends, at-risk youth, social networks, barriers to diffusion
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Theoretical, Suicide, Thinking, Friends
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