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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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linton C. Freeman Phone: Office: 949 824-6698 Department of Sociology Sec.: 949 824-6336 School of Social Sciences SSPA 2143 Home: 949 494-6139 University of California FAX: 949 824-3733 Irvine, CA 92697-5100 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/lin.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------