How does exposure to high levels of neighborhood violence affect children? In a study with Mario Small published in Sociological Science, I examine how violence affects children's friendship formation. We find that violence makes children choose friends strategically and reduces their ability to form trusting relationships.

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PUBLICATIONS

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Chan Tack, A.M., and Small, Mario Luis (2017) “Making Friends in Violent Neighborhoods: Strategies for Elementary School Children” Sociological Science 4(10): 224-248

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Chan Tack, A.M., and Small, Mario Luis (2017) “Chicago Violence Changes How Children Make Friends” Crain’s Chicago Business Mar 28, 2017 

 

Profiled in New York Magazine, PBS/WTTW Chicago, Psychology Today, and Miller McCune-Pacific Standard

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