Abstract
Nowadays the number of college students' suicides are increasing for the insufficient social support or poor interpersonal relations. Furthermore, not much attention has been concerned to students' interpersonal relations when handling student affairs and only very limited information about students' interaction network is available. This paper studies the peer network of college students by using the tool of social network analysis. And it aims to serve as instrumental support for students to foster and develop harmonious interpersonal relations. It offers new information for school counsellor to better handle student affairs and provides information support for the carrying out of moral and ideological guidance for students.
Highlights
In recent years, more and more researches such as Bright, et al (2012); Cho, et al (2007); DeJorge-Moreno, (2012) use the method of social network analysis to study problems relating to college students’ interpersonal relations and social network
This paper studies the peer network of college students by using the tool of social network analysis
More and more researches such as Bright, et al (2012); Cho, et al (2007); DeJorge-Moreno, (2012) use the method of social network analysis to study problems relating to college students’ interpersonal relations and social network
Summary
More and more researches such as Bright, et al (2012); Cho, et al (2007); DeJorge-Moreno, (2012) use the method of social network analysis (hereinafter referred to SNA) to study problems relating to college students’ interpersonal relations and social network. University and college campuses are semi-closed space, where students’ social interaction is rather simple, mainly with teachers and classmates. Their interactions with teachers are focused on study while their peer relations with classmates are the main source of social communications. Studying college students’ friends network with the SNA method will provide instrumental support for the establishment and development of harmonious interpersonal relations. The research content of this paper includes: (1) the basic situation of the interpersonal relationships formed through the emotional support network of students from the Excellence Class majoring in software engineering; (2) the mutual influence of interpersonal relationships and academic performance; (3) the similarities and differences of interpersonal relationship networks of girls and boys
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