Social networks and positive and negative affect

Vukadinovic Greetham, D., Hurling, R., Osborne, G. and Linley, A. (2011) Social networks and positive and negative affect. Procedia Social and Behavioural Sciences, 22. pp. 4-13. ISSN 1877-0428 doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.07.051

Abstract/Summary

We followed 100 university students in the UK for one week, instructing them to record all face-to-face, phone and digital contacts during the day as well as their positive and negative affect. We wanted to see how positive and negative affect spread around a social network while taking into account participants’ socio-demographic data, personality, general health and gratitude scores. We focused on the participants’ connections with those in their class; excluding friends and family outside this group. The data was analysed using actor-based models implemented in SIENA. Results show differences between positive and negative affect dynamics in this environment and an influence of personality traits on the average number and rate of communication.

Additional Information	Proceedings of the Dynamics of Social Networks,7th Conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis - ASNA 2010
Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/24515
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.07.051
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > Centre for the Mathematics of Human Behaviour (CMOHB)
Additional Information	Proceedings of the Dynamics of Social Networks,7th Conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis - ASNA 2010
Publisher	Elsevier
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