Lorne,
Your results strike me as essentially the same as those reported by Liz
Bott.  Your density+overlap seems to be her "tight knit" and your
disclosure might be understood as the effect of social control that
apparently characterizes "tight knit" networks.
Lin


> Lorne Tepperman wrote:
>
> > In recent research on HIV/AIDS diagnoses,
> > sociologist Liviana Calzavara (U of Toronto,
> > Medicine) and I found that the density and
> > overlap of their networks predicted quick
> > disclosure by the infected person to his current
> > sex partner. Despite a literature search, we
> > found little about social networks in the
> > literature on disclosure. The literature we did
> > find was all psychological. Can anyone suggest
> > network references on disclosure, secrecy,
> > confiding, or confidantes? Thanks in
> > advance.  ------------------------------------------
> >
> > Lorne Tepperman
> > Professor and Chair
> > Department of Sociology
> > University of Toronto
> > Phone 416-978-3411
> > FAX    416-978-3963

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