Clustering of worry appraisals among college students.

Autor: Schwab NG; a University of Northern Iowa., Cullum JC; b University of Connecticut., Harton HC; a University of Northern Iowa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of social psychology [J Soc Psychol] 2016 Jul-Aug; Vol. 156 (4), pp. 413-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 05.
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2015.1115387
Abstrakt: The present study investigated the potential clustering of worry appraisals within college social networks. Participants living in campus residence buildings responded to online surveys across the course of several months. Worry appraisals were measured 10 weeks into the fall semester and again approximately 6 months later. Analysis of sociometric data suggests that the majority of participants' social interactions occurred within their respective residence building floors, indicating that proximity strongly influenced the development of social network ties and sources of social influence. Further, significant clustering of worry appraisals occurred across time, and more importantly, within residence building floors. The present findings compliment previous work suggesting that several physical and psychological states appear to spread and cluster within social networks. Implications for the study of emotional appraisals and future research are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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