Previous estimates of high school peer influence on college aspirations have used peer similarity as an indicator of peer influence but have neglected to control for peers' initial similarity in aspirations at the beginning of their friendships. The present analysis employs such a control, and finds that prior estimates of peer influence have been inflated by over 100%. High school peer influence on college aspirations is a weak effect with a path coefficient between . /0 and .15 in the models tested.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Jere Cohen (1983) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 4 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: