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# The global structure of classroom social networks predicts academic and psycho-social adjustment

Neuendorf et al., 2026, PNAS Nexus — Network Science

Patterns: [Systems](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/systems), [Relationships](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/relationships)

## In short

The classroom as an aggregated whole carries predictive information absent from any individual student's data, and distinct relationship types prove non-interchangeable in what they explain.

## What they found (results)

Across 35,038 students in 1,433 classrooms, whole-classroom network structure (314 metrics spanning friendship, rejection, help, and break-time ties) predicted classroom well-being (up to 18% of variance) and academic achievement beyond demographics and SES, with predictive power specific to network type.

These researchers were not testing DSRP. The finding is theirs; the correspondence to DSRP is drawn by this site.

[Source](https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag291)