TY - JOUR AU - Silverstein, Merril AB - Cornwell, B., Marcum, C., & Silverstein, M., (2015). The social network approach in gerontological research. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(1), 87–90, doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu157. Advance Access publication November 14, 2014 Editorial The Social Network Approach in concepts and processes, the discovery of new concepts, Gerontological Research and its unparalleled opportunities for visualization. These This special issue is the outgrowth of a symposium on developments have proven particularly useful in social social networks and aging organized by Benjamin Cornwell gerontology. Indeed, one of the earliest explicit social net - and Christopher Marcum at the 2012 meeting of the work applications in any field was introduced by sociolo - Population Association of America. Our recognition of the gists Wayne Thompson and Gordon Streib ( Thompson & great potential in marrying gerontology with social network Streib, 1961), which appeared in an edited volume on aging analysis provided the impetus to solicit manuscripts on this that was compiled in 1961 by the gerontologist Robert topic. Among the 47 generally very good submissions to Kleemeier. This is only appropriate, as social gerontolo - this issue we selected the eight papers that we considered gists’ level of concern over network-related phenomena TI - The Social Network Approach in Gerontological Research JF - The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbu157 DA - 2015-01-14 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-social-network-approach-in-gerontological-research-a4dAvPWIqT SP - 87 EP - 90 VL - 70 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -