DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORK DIVERSITY
DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORK DIVERSITY
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01227.x
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Andersson, Matthew A.
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作者：
Andersson, Matthew A.
个性尚未被视为个人社交网络多样性的一个间接但强有力的决定因素，它独立于偏好和基于人口的机制。我使用2004年的一般社会调查来说明性格乐观如何影响核心讨论网络的规模，以及核心关系中的人口结构异质性。我发现，乐观与网络规模的扩大以及不同年龄、教育程度和种族的非亲属之间的联系有关。在这些结果之后，我敦促更密切地关注个性，因为它动态地塑造着机会和资源的社会结构。
Personality has yet to be examined as an indirect yet powerful determinant of the diversity of personal social networks that is independent of preference- and population-based mechanisms. I use the 2004 General Social Survey to illustrate how dispositional optimism shapes core discussion network size as well as demographic heterophily among core ties. I find that optimism is associated with enhanced network size as well as ties among nonkin and across lines of age, education, and race. Following these results, I urge closer attention to personality as it dynamically shapes the social structure of opportunities and resources.