Social Connection Dynamics in a Health Promotion Network
Social Connection Dynamics in a Health Promotion Network
复制标题
健康促进网络中的社会联系动态
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-50901-3_61
复制
发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
A. V. Halteren
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
E. Araújo;M. Klein;A. V. Halteren
社会关系对人类行为的影响已经在许多场合得到证明。本文介绍了纵向（335天）社区数据（n=3,375参与者）的动态特性的分析，从一个在线健康促进计划。社区数据是独一无二的，因为它描述了网络自成立以来的演变过程，而且通过网络交换的信息主要是关于项目参与者的成就，因此通过社会比较影响行为。分析表明，社区网络的最大组成部分具有小世界网络的特征。分析还表明，连接的形成根据一个强大的依恋偏好，根据性别，和一个较弱的同质性的身体质量指数。所提出的分析可以作为创建通过社会联系影响体育活动行为的新型干预措施的基础。
The influence of social connections on human behaviour has been demonstrated in many occasions. This paper presents the analysis of the dynamic properties of longitudinal (335 days) community data (n=3,375 participants) from an online health promotion program. The community data is unique as it describes how the network has evolved since its inception and because the information exchanged through the network was predominantly about the achievements of participants in the program and therefore influencing behavior through social comparison. The analyses show that the largest component of the community network has characteristics of a small world network. The analyses also show that connections are formed according to a strong attachment preference according to the gender, and a weaker homophily for Body Mass Index. The presented analysis can serve as basis for creating novel interventions that influence physical activity behavior through social connections.