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Ciudad-Fernández V, Zarco-Alpuente A, Escrivá-Martínez T, Herrero R, Baños R. How adolescents lose control over social networks: A process-based approach to problematic social network use. Addict Behav 2024; 154:108003. [PMID: 38461744 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Social networks (SNs) are immensely popular, especially among teenagers, yet our understanding of problematic SNs remains limited. Understanding motivations and patterns of use is crucial given the current prevalence of problematic SNs use. Perarles et al. (2020) distinguish two behavioral control modes: Model-Free Control, where actions are characterized by actions driven by immediate gratification without reflective consideration for long-term consequences, and Model-Based Control, enabling planned and goal-directed actions. Both control modes can lead to problematic social network use. This study aims to delve into problematic SNs use and the underlying motives behind adolescents' participation in SNs, drawing upon the theoretical proposal by Perales et al. (2020). We conducted four focus groups with adolescents aged 13-17 (50 % female; Mage = 14.5, SD = 1.75), comprising two public school and two Catholic private school groups. Thematic analysis using Atlas.ti software revealed three themes. The first uncovers characteristics of problematic SNs use, including withdrawal, increased usage time, impaired control, behavioral salience and attentional capture and cognitive hijacking. The second spotlights motives, emphasizing emotional regulation, finding out what is going on, and social interaction. The third theme explores consequences such as compromised academic performance and physical harm. In conclusion, addressing both motives and problematic behaviors present a more effective approach to confronting SNs use challenges and fostering healthier online experiences for adolescents.
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- Víctor Ciudad-Fernández
- Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain; Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain.
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- Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain; Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain; CIBERObn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28029, Spain.
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- Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain; CIBERObn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28029, Spain; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, Spain.
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- Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain; Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain; CIBERObn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28029, Spain.
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Strowger M, Meisel MK, Haikalis M, Rogers ML, Barnett NP. Associations between frequency of exposure to peer-generated alcohol-related posts and alcohol use within a social network of college students. Addict Behav 2024; 152:107956. [PMID: 38301589 PMCID: PMC10988997 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Peer alcohol use, commonly assessed via perceptions of how many drinks peers consume, is a robust predictor of college drinking. These perceptions are formed by in-person exposure to peer drinking but also may be affected by seeing alcohol-related content (ARC) shared on peer social media accounts. Most research assesses exposure by asking about the frequency of ARC sharing by a whole friend group, potentially missing influences from specific friends. Social network methods collect information about specific friends and their behavior but few studies have used these methods to examine the effects of ARC on drinking, nor have they examined potential moderators of this relationship. The purpose of this study was to examine whether perceived frequency of exposure to ARC shared by social network members on social media is associated with participant alcohol use after controlling for network members' self-reported alcohol use, and if participant gender and relationship qualities with network members moderate this association. Participants were 994 college students (Mage = 21.17, SD = 0.47; 61.8 % female; 55.4 % White; 12.3 % Hispanic) who completed a web-based survey. Due to the social network design, network autocorrelation analyses were conducted, which revealed that greater perceived frequency of exposure to network member ARC was significantly associated with higher alcohol quantity above and beyond network members' alcohol use. Peer ARC had a unique association with drinking behavior independent of in-person peer alcohol use, although the cross-sectional design precludes making causal inferences. Clinicians delivering alcohol interventions to college students may wish to discuss exposure to ARC as another important source of peer influence and how media literacy may help reduce the effects.
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- Megan Strowger
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
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Han SY, Kim YH. Effects of Economic Status on Changes in Social Networks and Mental Health after Using Hearing Aids. Laryngoscope 2024; 134:2387-2394. [PMID: 37987221 DOI: 10.1002/lary.31195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Hearing impairment affects social networks and mental health. Hearing aids (HA) can improve these deficits. However, their effects might be affected by various factors such as economic status (ES). This study aimed to identify how ES could moderate the effects of HA on social networks, depressive mood, and cognition. METHODS A prospective cohort for new HA users was established and classified into two groups based on their ES: a low ES group (LES group) and a medium to high ES group (MHES group). Audiological examination, Lubben social network scale-18 (LSNS-18), Short form of Geriatric Depression Score, Mini-Mental State Examination in the Korean version of the CERAD Assessment Packet, and surveys for satisfaction with HA were conducted before and at six months after wearing HA. RESULTS Post-HA application LSNS-18 scores were not improved in the LES group whereas they revealed significant improvement in the MHES group (p = 0.003). The LES group showed lower LSNS-18 score (p = 0.020) and its change (p = 0.042) than the MHES group. Additionally, patients with depressive moods in the MHES group showed better improvements than those in the LES group (p = 0.048). The effects of wearing HA on cognition and satisfaction with HA were not significantly different between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS HA did not improve social relationships and depressive moods in the LES group. Comprehensive and multidirectional support as well as hearing rehabilitation may be important for patients with LES. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 3 (Nonrandomized controlled cohort/follow-up study) Laryngoscope, 134:2387-2394, 2024.
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- Sang-Yoon Han
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Kawai H, Ejiri M, Imamura K, Ito K, Fujiwara Y, Hirano H, Ihara K, Obuchi S. Three-year trajectories of social networks, face-to-face interactions, and non-face-to-face interactions among community-dwelling older adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: Otassha study. Maturitas 2024; 183:107943. [PMID: 38367365 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2024.107943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the trajectories of social networks and interactions among older Japanese individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. STUDY DESIGN We used data from a cohort of community-dwelling older individuals from the Otassha study's 2019-2022 survey. Participants comprised 606 older individuals who participated in the 2019 survey and were followed up at least once. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Social networks were assessed using the Lubben Social Network Scale-6 (LSNS-6), whereas social interactions were assessed by the frequency of face-to-face or non-face-to-face contact with non-resident family members and friends. Trajectories of the LSNS-6 and face-to-face and non-face-to-face interactions were identified using group-based semiparametric mixture modeling. The trajectories of change in the LSNS-6 from 2019 were also identified. The factors associated with the changes in trajectory patterns were examined using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS Three LSNS-6 trajectories were identified, with slightly decreasing patterns over time. Specifically, face-to-face interactions tended to decrease over time, whereas non-face-to-face interactions exhibited almost no change. The reduction in LSNS-6 in the decreased pattern failed to recover to its pre-pandemic level. The group of participants with the decreased pattern had a significantly higher proportion of people participating in group activities [odds ratio (95 % confidence interval): 2.27 (1.12-4.59)] and performing calisthenics twice a week than the group with the maintained pattern [2.08 (1.18-3.68)]. CONCLUSIONS During the three years of the pandemic, no changes were observed in the social networks of community-dwelling older Japanese individuals.
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- Hisashi Kawai
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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Song Y, Yang Q. Revisiting the Modularity-Disease transmission Link: Uncovering the importance of intra-modular structure. J Theor Biol 2024; 583:111772. [PMID: 38442844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Studies have shown that the internal structure of modules is hardly important for the spread of epidemics. However, most of these studies have assumed that intra-module connectivity and inter-module connectivity do not affect each other. In reality, changes in the internal structure of modules may affect inter-module links and thus change the modularity of the entire network. Therefore, we have developed a theoretical network model with adjustable modularity to investigate the impact of this situation on disease transmission. Our findings indicate that the intra-module structure plays a crucial role in disease outbreaks. Changes in intra-module structure lead to significant numerical changes in peak prevalence and duration of disease. This implies that the potential impact of changes in exposure patterns within modules should also be considered when investigating the exact impact of modular social networks on disease burden.
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- Yan Song
- School of Business and Management, Shanghai international Studies University, 200083 Shanghai, China
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- School of Business and Management, Shanghai international Studies University, 200083 Shanghai, China.
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Gibbs JJ, Schrager SM, Goldbach JT. Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Substance Use: A Comparison of Venue-Based Sampling and Geo social Networking Application Sampling. J Homosex 2024; 71:1163-1176. [PMID: 36630486 PMCID: PMC10333452 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2161086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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To compare the demographics, sexual risk behaviors, and substance use characteristics of two probability samples of young men who have sex with men (YMSM): one recruited using a geosocial networking application (GSNA) and one recruited using venues. In 2017 and 2018, a cross-sectional online survey was utilized with a sample of 122 YMSM recruited in Los Angeles, CA. Recruitment procedures included both venue-based (n = 68) and GSNA-based probability sampling (n = 54). Sample substance use, sexual risk behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex at last encounter), and demographics were compared using chi-square tests and t-tests. The samples significantly differed in demographics characteristics (e.g., race, education, employment, outness). Samples did not significantly differ in sexual risk variables. Regressions indicated significant differences (higher in the venue sample) in substance use (marijuana, prescription drugs, alcohol, and poppers) between the two samples. Results indicate that recruitment method impacts demographics and substance use prevalence levels for YMSM. GSNA- based recruitment appears to recruit samples from a broader range of social demographics. GSNA-based methods may be especially applicable to areas in which venues are not readily accessible (e.g., rural areas), allowing social research with the most marginalized sexual minority populations.
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- Jeremy J Gibbs
- School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Dominguez Hills, California State University, Carson, California, USA
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- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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Collonnaz M, Minary L, Riglea T, Kalubi J, O'Loughlin J, Kestens Y, Agrinier N. Lack of consistency in measurement methods and semantics used for network measures in adolescent health behaviour studies using social network analysis: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 2024; 78:303-310. [PMID: 38290822 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-220980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Social network analysis (SNA) is often used to examine how social relationships influence adolescent health behaviours, but no study has documented the range of network measures used to do so. We aimed to identify network measures used in studies on adolescent health behaviours. METHODS We conducted a systematic review to identify network measures in studies investigating adolescent health behaviours with SNA. Measures were grouped into eight categories based on network concepts commonly described in the literature: popularity, position within the network, network density, similarity, nature of relationships, peer behaviours, social norms, and selection and influence mechanisms. Different subcategories were further identified. We detailed all distinct measures and the labels used to name them in included articles. RESULTS Out of 6686 articles screened, 201 were included. The categories most frequently investigated were peer behaviours (n=201, 100%), position within the network (n=144, 71.6%) and popularity (n=110, 54.7%). The number of measurement methods varied from 1 for 'similarity on popularity' (within the 'similarity' category) to 28 for the 'characterisation of the relationship between the respondent and nominated peers' (within the 'nature of the relationships' category). Using the examples of 'social isolation', 'group membership', 'individuals in a central position' (within the 'position within the network' category) and 'nominations of influential peers' (sub within the 'popularity' category), we illustrated the inconsistent reporting and heterogeneity in measurement methods and semantics. CONCLUSION Robust methodological recommendations are needed to harmonise network measures in order to facilitate comparison across studies and optimise public health intervention based on SNA.
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre de recherche en santé publique (CReSP), Université de Montréal & CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Montréal, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, France
- CHRU-Nancy, INSERM, Université de Lorraine, CIC-EC, Epidémiologie Clinique, Nancy, France
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Ahmadkhani S, Moghaddam ME. A social image recommendation system based on deep reinforcement learning. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300059. [PMID: 38574062 PMCID: PMC10994284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Today, due to the expansion of the Internet and social networks, people are faced with a vast amount of dynamic information. To mitigate the issue of information overload, recommender systems have become pivotal by analyzing users' activity histories to discern their interests and preferences. However, most available social image recommender systems utilize a static strategy, meaning they do not adapt to changes in user preferences. To overcome this challenge, our paper introduces a dynamic image recommender system that leverages a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework, enriched with a novel set of features including emotion, style, and personality. These features, uncommon in existing systems, are instrumental in crafting a user's characteristic vector, offering a personalized recommendation experience. Additionally, we overcome the challenge of state representation definition in reinforcement learning by introducing a new state representation. The experimental results show that our proposed method, compared to some related works, significantly improves Recall@k and Precision@k by approximately 7%-10% (for the top 100 images recommended) for personalized image recommendation.
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- Somaye Ahmadkhani
- Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Tehran, Iran
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Piccini M, Cetera GE, Nasini A, Vercellini P. Social networks and influencers as the main source of 'scientific' information on endometriosis: a medical class hara-kiri? Hum Reprod 2024; 39:856-857. [PMID: 38423532 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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- Martina Piccini
- Academic Centre for Research on Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
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- Academic Centre for Research on Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
- Gynecology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Academic Centre for Research on Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
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- Academic Centre for Research on Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
- Gynecology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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Favini A, Culcasi F, Cirimele F, Remondi C, Plata MG, Caldaroni S, Virzì AT, Luengo Kanacri BP. Smartphone and social network addiction in early adolescents: The role of self-regulatory self-efficacy in a pilot school-based intervention. J Adolesc 2024; 96:551-565. [PMID: 37853581 DOI: 10.1002/jad.12263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Youths' online problematic behaviors, such as smartphone or social network sites (SNS) addiction, gained increasing attention nowadays, due to their impact on concurrent and later adjustment, such as emotional and/or behavioral problems, academic impairments, or relational issues. AIMS This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot school-based intervention to contrast online addictive behaviors while fostering adolescents' self-regulative abilities. MATERIALS & METHODS The intervention started in January 2022 in an Italian junior high school located in Rome, and consisted of four meetings with students. A total sample of 462 15-year-old adolescents (Mage = 15.2; SD = 0.50; 41% females; Ncontrol = 214; Nintervention = 248) was considered. Within the latent difference score framework, we examined short-term changes from the pre-to-the-postintervention levels of SNS and smartphone addiction, and self-regulatory self-efficacy (SRSE) beliefs as a possible booster of the intervention's effectiveness. RESULTS Results showed a significant decrease in both online addictions (SNS and smartphone addiction), controlling for age, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status, because of the short-term efficacy of the project. The buffering effect of SRSE beliefs was further supported. CONCLUSION These findings emphasized the usefulness of promoting youths' self-regulative beliefs to contrast problematic tendencies, according to a Positive Youth Development perspective which focused on resources rather than only on the prevention of negative outcomes for youths' adjustment.
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- Ainzara Favini
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Clinic for Substance and Behavioral Addiction, Academic Foundation Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cultures and Societies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Belfi LM, Brook OR, Ho ML, Tan N, Vossen J, Kattapuram T. Leveraging Social Networks for Academic Career Support for Women in Radiology: A Case Study. J Am Coll Radiol 2024; 21:683-687. [PMID: 37820840 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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- Lily M Belfi
- Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, Director of Medical Student Education, Division of Emergency/Musculoskeletal Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
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- Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Section Chief of Abdominal Radiology, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiology, Director of Radiology Quality Academy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Professor of Radiology, Vice Chair of Operations and Innovation, Medical Director of Radiology, Physician Director of Radiology Informatics, Division Director of Neuroradiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Consultant/Associate Professor, Division of Abdominal Radiology, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Pheonix, Arizona
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- Associate Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Radiology Residency Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, Virginia
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- Radiologist, Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Care, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin
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Wang M, Xu Q, He N, Zhang L, Zhang X. Materialism and Problematic Social Network Sites Use Among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Self-Control. Psychol Rep 2024; 127:668-687. [PMID: 36167485 DOI: 10.1177/00332941221130230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Prior studies have ascertained some risk factors of problematic social network sites use (PSNSU). Nevertheless, few research has examined the potential impact of materialism on PSNSU, as well as underlying mechanisms between this relationship. The present study investigated whether materialism would be linked with adolescents' PSNSU and whether self-esteem and self-control would mediate them. A sample of 1238 Chinese adolescents (53.6% females) completed measurements regarding demographics, materialism, PSNSU, self-esteem, and self-control. After controlling for gender and age, the results indicated that: (a) materialism was positively correlated with PSNSU; (b) materialism can indirectly affect PSNSU through the mediating effects of self-control; and (c) materialism can indirectly affect PSNSU through the sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-control. These findings not only provide a new perspective for the cultivation of adolescents' values, but also contribute an important driving force for the prevention and intervention of adolescents' PSNSU in the information technology era.
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- Mengyun Wang
- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China
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Lai CH, Tang T. A Cross-Country Analysis of the Combined Influence of Social Media Use and Perceived Social Media Networks on Pandemic Communicative Responses. Health Commun 2024; 39:793-807. [PMID: 36872881 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2185923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study examines how social media (SM) use is related to human responses to emerging infectious disease risks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic via an online survey conducted in the United States and Taiwan. Results showed that SM use was related to different types of communicative responses (information seeking, interpersonal discussion, and rumor correction) directly and indirectly through cognitive and affective responses (risk perception, responsibility attribution, and negative and positive emotions). The indirect relationships between SM use and communicative responses through these cognitive and affective responses were moderated by perceived SM network structures. In particular, the mediating influence of negative emotions on communicative responses was associated with perceived SM network homogeneity, while that of positive emotions was related to perceived SM network centrality. Furthermore, responsibility attribution drove Taiwanese SM users' communicative responses, whereas the interrelated influence of positive emotions and perceived SM network centrality shaped American SM users' communicative responses.
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- Chih-Hui Lai
- Department of Communication and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
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- School of Media and Journalism, Kent State University
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Kolas J, von Mühlenen A. Addicted to socialising and still lonely: A comparative, corpus-driven analysis of problematic social networking site use. J Behav Addict 2024; 13:163-176. [PMID: 38353729 PMCID: PMC10988419 DOI: 10.1556/2006.2023.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Background and Aims Problematic Social Networking Site Use (PSNSU) is not a formally recognised addiction, but it is increasingly discussed as such in academic research and online. Taking a quantitative, exploratory approach, this study aims to (1) determine whether PSNSU is presented like clinically defined addictions by the affected community and (2) address how well measurements of PSNSU fit with the thematic content found within the associated discourse. Methods Four corpora were created for this study: a corpus concerning PSNSU and three control corpora concerning established addictions, including Alcohol Use Disorder, Tobacco Use Disorder and Gaming Disorder. Keywords were identified, collocates and concordances were explored, and shared themes were compared. Results Findings show broad thematic similarities between PSNSU and the three control addictions as well as prominent interdiscursive references, which indicate possible confirmation bias among speakers. Conclusions Scales based upon the components model of addiction are suggested as the most appropriate measure of this emerging disorder.
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- Janelle Kolas
- Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV 7AL, United Kingdom
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van Klaveren LM, Geukers V, de Vos R. Care complexity, perceptions of complexity and preferences for interprofessional collaboration: an analysis of relationships and social networks in paediatrics. BMC Med Educ 2024; 24:334. [PMID: 38528513 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05304-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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BACKGROUND In the context of increasingly intricate healthcare systems, professionals are compelled to collaborate within dynamically changing interprofessional teams. Moreover, they must adapt these collaborative processes to effectively and efficiently manage the evolving complexity of care needs. It remains unclear how professionals determine care complexity and relate this complexity to their preferences for interprofessional collaboration (IPC). This study investigated the relationships between care complexity, professionals' perceived complexity and IPC preferences, and examined the variation in individual and team characteristics of IPC-practices across different levels of complexity in paediatric care. METHODS In an online questionnaire, 123 healthcare professionals working at an academic tertiary children's hospital scored their perceptions of complexity and preferences for IPC. They also selected family and various professions as members of the interprofessional (IP-) team based on thirteen patient cases. We employed conjoint analysis to systematically model the complexity of case descriptions across the five domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Additionally, we applied social network analysis to identify important professions, crucial connectors and influential professions in the IP-team, and to describe the cohesiveness of IP-teams. RESULTS Modelled case complexity, professionals' perceived complexity and IPC preferences were positively associated. We found large inter-individual variations in the degree of these associations. Social network analysis revealed that the importance and influence of professions was more equally distributed when case complexity increased. Depending on the context and complexity of the case, different professions (e.g. medical doctors, social professionals, extramural professionals) were considered to be more crucial connectors within the IP-team. Furthermore, team cohesion was positively associated with modelled and perceived care complexity. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our study contributes to the existing knowledge by integrating task-specific insights and broadening the use of conjoint and social network analysis in the context of IPC. The findings substantiate the contingency theory that relates characteristics of IPC to care complexity, offering quantified insights into how IP-teams adapt to situational needs. This understanding of relationships and variations within IPC holds crucial implications for designing targeted interventions in both clinical and health profession education contexts. Consequently, it contributes to advancements in healthcare systems.
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- Lisa-Maria van Klaveren
- Institute for Education and Training, Amsterdam Universities Medical Centres location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam Universities Medical Centres location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Education and Training, Amsterdam Universities Medical Centres location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wirth B, Evans M. From an election to an insurrection: Investigating differential engagement and sentiment in the #defundthepolice and #defendthepolice network on Twitter. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0289041. [PMID: 38512941 PMCID: PMC10956855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Social movements and their respective countermovements have evolved to use online social media platforms to recruit followers, share pertinent information, discuss relevant issues, and draw the attention of political figures. Movements' strategic use of Twitter has increasingly been studied, though there are relatively few studies that compare social movements and their corresponding countermovements simultaneously. We examine engagement in the #DefundthePolice social movement and #DefendthePolice countermovement in a Twitter network comprised of retweets using both hashtags from August 2020 to January 2021. Text and sentiment analysis as well as a content analysis of a random sample of retweets in the network's 20 largest subgroups reveal four key patterns. First, information commonly communicated in historical social movements is communicated in the online, Twitter network. Second, the use of movement and countermovement hashtags to criticize is common, suggesting Twitter engagement with the movement/countermovement is not a sufficient indicator of support for the movement. Third, social movements are inextricably embedded in politics, with political discourse present in all the 20 largest subgroups. Finally, though we do not include geo-tagged tweets in the analysis, physical geography is key theme in multiple subgroups. Broadly, our findings demonstrate the breadth of topics communicated within movement networks and highlight the importance of qualitatively examining Twitter data in the study of social movements.
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- Bianca Wirth
- Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America
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Hayes CA, Moore JT, Headley CA, Berrios-Negron AL, Lambert WM. Unlocking the power of virtual networking for early-career researchers. eLife 2024; 13:e96381. [PMID: 38501601 PMCID: PMC10950328 DOI: 10.7554/elife.96381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Many successful researchers in the biomedical sciences have benefitted from mentors and networks earlier in their career. However, early-career researchers from minoritized and underrepresented groups do not have the same access to potential mentors and networks as many of their peers. In this article we describe how 'cold emails' and social media platforms - notably Twitter/X and LinkedIn - can be used to build virtual networks, and stress the need to invest in maintaining networks once they have been established.
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- Cellas A Hayes
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- School of Public Health, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences UniversityBrooklynUnited States
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Nevard I, Brooks H, Gellatly J, Bee P. Modelling social networks for children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness: an evidence based modification to the network episode model. BMC Psychol 2024; 12:162. [PMID: 38500222 PMCID: PMC10949563 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01647-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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The Network Episode Model (NEM) is a well utilised model conceptualising how social networks, valuable resources which can positively impact wellbeing and functional outcomes, are responsive to the needs of people with physical and mental health difficulties. Children of parents with severe and enduring mental illness (COPMI) are impacted by these illnesses through the intersecting roles of kin relation, informal carer, and dependent. However, it is not clear that social networks effectively respond in kind to the child's episodic need.We draw upon qualitative data to propose a new multi-factorial conceptual model (COPMI-NEM), triangulating parental mental illness, child's developmental stage and social ties to theorise how social networks do respond and adapt to children's needs.The model illustrates how networks are typically flexible and responsive to visible age-related needs, but less reactive to more obscured needs. Successful network navigation and negotiation of support relies on multiple factors including the child's ability to successfully activate social ties and the availability of formal networks. We propose a new theoretically and empirically informed NEM model also available for testing, refinement and validation in other young carer populations exposed to episodic parental health needs. Findings from this study could be used to generate network informed interventions for this and comparable populations.
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- Imogen Nevard
- Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, 6.333 Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, 6.333 Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, 6.333 Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, 6.333 Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Wright WJA, Howdle C, Coulson NS, De Simoni A. Exploring the Types of Social Support Exchanged by Survivors of Pediatric Stroke and Their Families in an Online Peer Support Community: Qualitative Thematic Analysis. J Med Internet Res 2024; 26:e49440. [PMID: 38488858 PMCID: PMC10980984 DOI: 10.2196/49440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Pediatric stroke is relatively rare and underresearched, and there is little awareness of its occurrence in wider society. There is a paucity of literature on the effectiveness of interventions to improve rehabilitation and the services available to survivors. Access to online health communities through the internet may be a means of support for patients with pediatric stroke and their families during recovery; however, little research has been done in this area. OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify the types of social support provided by an online peer support group to survivors of pediatric stroke and their families. METHODS This was a qualitative thematic analysis of posts from a pediatric stroke population on a UK online stroke community active between 2004 and 2011. The population was split into 2 groups based on whether stroke survivors were aged ≤18 years or aged >18 years at the time of posting. The posts were read by 2 authors who used the adapted Social Support Behavior Code to analyze the types of social support exchanged. RESULTS A total of 52 participants who experienced a pediatric stroke were identified, who posted a total of 425 messages to the community. About 41 survivors were aged ≤18 years at the time of posting and were written about by others (31/35 were mothers), while 11 were aged >18 years and were writing about themselves. Survivors and their families joined together in discussion threads. Support was offered and received by all participants, regardless of age. Of all 425 posts, 193 (45.4%) contained at least 1 instance of social support. All 5 types of social support were identified: informational, emotional, network, esteem support, and tangible aid. Informational and emotional support were most commonly exchanged. Emotional support was offered more often than informational support among participants aged ≤18 years at the time of posting; this finding was reversed in the group aged >18 years. Network support and esteem support were less commonly exchanged. Notably, the access subcategory of network support was not exchanged with the community. Tangible aid was the least commonly offered type of support. The exchanged social support provided insight into rehabilitation interventions and the unmet needs of pediatric stroke survivors. CONCLUSIONS We found evidence of engagement of childhood stroke survivors and their families in an online stroke community, with peer support being exchanged between both long- and short-term survivors of pediatric stroke. Engagement of long-term survivors of pediatric stroke through the online community was key, as they were able to offer informational support from lived experience. Further interventional research is needed to assess health and rehabilitation outcomes from engagement with online support groups. Research is also needed to ensure safe, nurturing online communities.
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- William J A Wright
- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Medical School, Nottingham City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Centre for Primary Care, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Isbulan O, Cam E, Griffiths MD. The mediating effect of social network identity management on the relationship between personality traits and social media addiction among pre-service teachers. BMC Psychol 2024; 12:146. [PMID: 38486341 PMCID: PMC10938688 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01653-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of social media has become an important part individuals' daily lives and is used in many daily life activities, such as social interaction, education, and shopping. However, with the increase in the use of social media, a minority of individuals can experience problematic use (and in extreme cases, 'social media addiction'). The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of personality traits on social media addiction and the mediating role of social network identity management in this relationship among preservice teachers. METHODS The data were collected from 275 pre-service teachers at a university in Türkiye. The survey included the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10), the Social Network Identity Management Scale, the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, and a personal information form. RESULTS The findings of the study indicated that there was a relationship between personality traits, social network identity management, and social media addiction. Specifically, neuroticism was positively associated with social media addiction, whereas extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively associated. The results also indicated that social network identity management mediated the effect of personality traits on social media addiction. CONCLUSION Given that the present investigation was only a preliminary study, further research is needed to examine whether social network identity management is an important determinant in understanding the relationship between personality traits and social media addiction.
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- Onur Isbulan
- Faculty of Education, Computer Education and Instructional Technologies Department, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey.
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- Computer Technologies Department, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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- Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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Lakon CM, Zheng Y, Pechmann C. Social network tie functions of social support and social influence and adult smoking abstinence. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296458. [PMID: 38452042 PMCID: PMC10919666 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Adults' social network ties serve multiple functions and play prominently in quitting smoking. We examined three types of adults' egocentric social networks, including family, friends, and friends online to investigate how two network characteristics with major relevance to health behavior, network size and tie closeness, related to the emotional and confidant support and to pro- and anti-smoking social influence these ties may transmit. We also examine whether the social support and social influence constructs related to smoking abstinence. We utilized baseline and 7-day abstinence survey data from 123 adult current smokers attempting to quit prior to the start of a randomized controlled quit-smoking trial of a social support intervention for quitting smoking on Twitter. To examine study relationships, we estimated Negative Binomial Regression models and Logistic Regression models. For all networks, network size and tie closeness related positively to most of the social support and social influence constructs, with tie closeness related most strongly, especially for online friends. Family pro-smoking social influence related negatively to smoking abstinence, and there were marginally negative relationships for family emotional support and family confidant support. Online friend emotional support had a marginally positive relationship with smoking abstinence. Overall, our findings indicated the importance of the social support and social influence functions of each type of network tie, with larger networks and closer ties related to higher levels of social support and social influence. Moreover, family network pro-smoking social influence may compromise abstinence while emotional support from online friend network ties may reinforce it.
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- Cynthia M. Lakon
- Health, Society, & Behavior, Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- School of School of Journalism and Communication, Sun Yat-sen University, Panyu District, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Panfilova AS, Turdakov DY. Applying explainable artificial intelligence methods to models for diagnosing personal traits and cognitive abilities by social network data. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5369. [PMID: 38438523 PMCID: PMC10912674 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56080-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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This study utilizes advanced artificial intelligence techniques to analyze the social media behavior of 1358 users on VK, the largest Russian online social networking service. The analysis comprises 753,252 posts and reposts, combined with Big Five personality traits test results, as well as assessments of verbal and fluid intelligence. The objective of this research is to understand the manifestation of psychological attributes in social media users' behavior and determine their implications on user-interaction models. We employ the integrated gradients method to identify the most influential feature groups. The partial dependence plot technique aids in understanding how these features function across varying severity degrees of the predicted trait. To evaluate feature stability within the models, we cluster calculated Shapley values. Our findings suggest that the emotional tone (joy, surprise, anger, fear) of posts significantly influences the prediction of three personality traits: Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Openness to Experience. Additionally, user social engagement metrics (such as friend count, subscribers, likes, views, and comments) correlate directly with the predicted level of Logical thinking. We also observe a trend towards provocative and socially reprehensible content among users with high Neuroticism levels. The theme of religion demonstrates a multidirectional relationship with Consciousness and Agreeableness. Further findings, including an analysis of post frequency and key text characteristics, are also discussed, contributing to our understanding of the complex interplay between social media behavior and psychological traits. The study proposes a transition from the analysis of correlations between psychological (cognitive) traits to the analysis of indicators of behavior in a social network that are significant for diagnostic models of the corresponding traits.
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- Anastasia S Panfilova
- Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Science, Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Creativity, Moscow, Russia.
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- Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Science, Research Center for Trusted Artificial Intelligence, Moscow, Russia
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Dodds L, Brayne C, Siette J. Associations between social networks, cognitive function, and quality of life among older adults in long-term care. BMC Geriatr 2024; 24:221. [PMID: 38438951 PMCID: PMC10910782 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04794-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Having rich social networks is associated with better physical and cognitive health, however older adults entering long-term care may experience an increased risk of social isolation and consequent negative impacts on cognitive function. Our study aimed to identify if there is an association between accessing specific types of services or activities within long-term care on social networks and cognition. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 96 residents from 2 aged care providers in New South Wales, Australia. Residents were given a battery of assessments measuring social network structure (Lubben Social Network Scale, LSNS-12), quality of life (EuroQol 5D, Eq. 5D5L) and cognitive function (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA). Demographic factors and service use factors were also collected from aged care providers' electronic records. Independent sample t-test, ANOVA and linear regression analyses were used to explore associated factors for cognition. RESULTS Residents had a mean age of 82.7 ± 9.4 years (median = 81) and 64.6% were women. Most residents had cognitive impairment (70.8%) and reported moderate sized social networks (26.7/60) (Lubben Social Network Scale, LSNS-12). Residents who had larger social networks of both family and friends had significantly better cognitive performance. Service type and frequency of attendance were not associated with cognitive function. CONCLUSIONS Among individuals most at risk of social isolation, having supportive and fulfilling social networks was associated with preserved cognitive function. The relationship between service provision and social interactions that offer psychosocial support within long-term facilities and its impact over time on cognitive function requires further exploration.
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- Laura Dodds
- The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Cambridge Public Health, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
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- The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
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Fletcher CME, Woolford D, Gladigau J, Gunn KM. A 'Vocal Locals' social network campaign is associated with increased frequency of conversations about mental health and improved engagement in wellbeing-promoting activities in an Australian farming community. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:673. [PMID: 38431599 PMCID: PMC10909292 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18193-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Farmers face numerous barriers to accessing professional mental health services and instead report a preference for informal support systems, such as lay or peer networks. Farmers also experience barriers to investing time in maintaining or improving their wellbeing, stemming from sociocultural norms and attitudes that are widespread in agricultural communities. The Vocal Locals social network campaign is an ifarmwell initiative that aims to promote conversations about wellbeing and challenge attitudes and behaviours that contribute to farmers' poor mental health. METHODS The Vocal Locals campaign was underpinned by the socio-ecological model which explains human behaviour as stemming from interactions between the individual, their closest social circle, the community, and broader society. The campaign ran in Loxton, South Australia, from June to August 2022. Ten community members (8/10 farmers) became 'Vocal Locals' and were supported to share 'calls-to-action' to encourage people in their social networks to engage in wellbeing-promoting activities. A broader communications campaign reinforced key messages and amplified Vocal Locals' activities in the community. The intrapersonal and community-level impacts of the campaign were evaluated via pre- and post-campaign surveys of Vocal Locals and community members respectively. RESULTS Vocal Locals reported significantly lower psychological distress (p = .014), and higher positive mental wellbeing (p = .011), levels of general mental health knowledge (p = .022), and confidence helping someone with poor mental health (p = .004) following the intervention. However, changes in stigmatising beliefs about mental illness, confidence recognising poor mental health, and confidence and comfort speaking to others about mental health were non-significant. Community members who were familiar with the campaign reported having significantly more wellbeing-related conversations post-campaign compared to before (p = .015). Respondents also reported being more comfortable speaking to others about mental health or wellbeing (p = .001) and engaging more in activities to maintain or improve their wellbeing (p = .012) following the campaign. CONCLUSIONS The Vocal Locals social network campaign is an example of how science and community can be brought together to achieve meaningful outcomes. The campaign may serve as a model for others who wish to challenge attitudinal or knowledge-related barriers to help-seeking and improve engagement in wellbeing-promoting activities in difficult-to-reach communities.
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- Chloe M E Fletcher
- IIMPACT in Health, Department of Rural Health, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- IIMPACT in Health, Department of Rural Health, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- Gladigau Enterprises Pty Ltd, Loxton, SA, 5333, Australia
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- IIMPACT in Health, Department of Rural Health, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
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Gallagher S, Creaven AM, Hackett RA, O'Connor DB, Howard S. Social network size moderates the association between loneliness and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress. Physiol Behav 2024; 275:114452. [PMID: 38159588 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Loneliness and objective measures of social isolation (e.g., social network size) have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the evidence is mixed and the precise causal mechanisms remain unclear. Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to acute stress has been posited as a proposed mechanism. This study aimed to investigate: (i) effects of loneliness and social isolation on CVR to stress and, (ii) whether the loneliness - CVR relationship was moderated by social network size. Two hundred and six participants from the Pittsburgh Cold Study underwent a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Task. Cardiovascular measures of systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) were taken throughout the laboratory stress trial. Hierarchical regression analyses found that social network size was positively associated with DBP reactivity (β = 0.19 95 % CI [0.05, 0.29] p = 0.005), while loneliness was not. In addition, social network size moderated the loneliness - DBP reactivity relationship such that a higher number of outer social network ties were beneficial at lower levels of loneliness but not higher. The current study contributes new evidence linking loneliness and social network size to cardiovascular psychophysiology but raises questions about the loneliness - CVD relationship. The findings confirm the importance of social network size and highlight that the characteristics of the networks may be more important than the number of networks.
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- Stephen Gallagher
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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Vacchiano M, Hollstein B, Settersten RA, Spini D. Networked lives: Probing the influence of social networks on the life course. Adv Life Course Res 2024; 59:100590. [PMID: 38301296 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2024.100590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Social network research is well-equipped to help life course scholars produce a deeper and more nuanced approach to the principle of "linked lives," one of the cornerstones of the field. In this issue on Networked Lives, nine original articles and two commentaries generate new theories, empirical findings and methodological applications at the intersection of the fields of social networks and life course research. In this introduction, we reflect on these advances, highlighting key findings and challenges that await scholars in building more robust synergy between the two fields. Social networks emerge as key structural forces in life courses, yet there is much to learn about the mechanisms through which their effects on people's lives come about. There is a need to study further how networks evolve through the rhythm of life events, and to analyze broader and more complex networks that capture the roles and influences of relations beyond intimate or family ties. These papers demonstrate that there is much to be gained in probing how individuals are linked to and unlinked from others over time, and in carrying conceptual and methodological advances across social network and life course studies.
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- Mattia Vacchiano
- Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES, Switzerland.
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- SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES, Switzerland
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Qu T. A bridge too far? Social network structure as a determinant of depression in later life. Soc Sci Med 2024; 345:116684. [PMID: 38377836 PMCID: PMC10947835 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Existing research has documented various determinants of mental health related to individuals' social connections, but less is known about the role of the structural features of interpersonal networks. This is especially true in the case of bridging, which refers to ties to people who are otherwise disconnected from each other. By intersecting theories of social networks and gerontology, this study employs within- and between-person analysis with data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) to examine the association between social network bridging and depression in later life. The study finds that bridging, particularly between kin and non-kin members in the network, is associated with increased depressive symptoms in later life. This association is contingent on social support and strain respondents experienced, and it exhibits variations within individuals over time, especially among older adults in the youngest age cohort (57-64 years old included in NSHAP in 2005). In closing, the paper discusses the extent to which heterogeneous network structures may be one mechanism that shapes mental health trajectories in the context of later life-course experiences.
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- Tianyao Qu
- Department of Sociology, Cornell University, 345 Uris Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Marsden PV. On integrating life course and social network research. Adv Life Course Res 2024; 59:100592. [PMID: 38290191 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2024.100592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Buchmann M. Bridging social network and life course research: Unlocking the analytical potential. Adv Life Course Res 2024; 59:100591. [PMID: 38280245 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2024.100591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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- Marlis Buchmann
- Department of Sociology, University of Zurich, Andreasstrasse 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Rodriguez E, Boga DJ, Shrader CH, Arroyo-Flores J, Rosas Y, Kanamori M. PROGRESO-II: Developing Culturally Tailored Materials for a Social Network-Based Intervention to Promote HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Among Latina Seasonal Farmworkers. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2024; 38:134-143. [PMID: 38471094 PMCID: PMC10951438 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2023.0228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Latina Seasonal Farmworkers (LSFW) in South Florida are a community affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to cultural barriers, stigma, and lack of awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Building on the PROGRESO study, this study sought to: (1) develop and pre-test scientifically supported and culturally tailored PrEP materials for PROGRESO and (2) assess the acceptability of these PrEP materials by LSFW who use alcohol and/or drugs. PrEP messages were selected based on a literature review, feedback from experts working on PrEP programs, and recommendations from a four-member scientific expert panel through a two-level Delphi method. A culturally tailored PrEP presentation was developed and presented to sixteen LSFW, who engaged in four focus groups. Materials were modified based on participants' suggestions. Thematic analysis was used to assess the acceptability and usability of these materials in the LSFW community. Participants responded positively to the PrEP messages and understood their importance for Latinx communities. Participants felt empowered and comfortable enough with the information to distribute the messages to partners, children, and friends with the aid of a physical pamphlet or flyer. A strong cultural context of familialismo and confianza was present in comments made by our participants. This study has the potential to increase LSFW's PrEP awareness and initiation. Future studies may implement a hybrid-interview approach, allowing individuals to self-select into a virtual or in-person focus group. Such flexibility may increase participation and discussion by allowing participants to attend in a format they are most comfortable with, as noted by participants in this study.
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- Edda Rodriguez
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Radó MK, Kisfalusi D, Laverty AA, van Lenthe FJ, Been JV, Takács K. Socio-economic inequalities in smoking and drinking in adolescence: Assessment of social network dynamics. Addiction 2024; 119:488-498. [PMID: 37994195 DOI: 10.1111/add.16384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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AIMS We investigated whether (1) adolescents selected friends with a similar socio-economic status (SES), (2) smoking and alcohol consumption spread in networks and (3) the exclusion of non-smokers or non-drinkers differed between SES groups. DESIGN This was a longitudinal study using stochastic actor-oriented models to analyze complete social network data over three waves. SETTING Eight Hungarian secondary schools with socio-economically diverse classes took part. PARTICIPANTS This study comprised 232 adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years in the first wave. MEASUREMENTS Self-reported smoking behavior, alcohol consumption behavior and friendship ties were measured. SES was measured based upon entitlement to an income-tested regular child protection benefit. FINDINGS Non-low-SES adolescents were most likely to form friendships with peers from their own SES group [odds ratio (OR) = 1.07, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02-1.11]. Adolescents adjusted their smoking behavior (OR = 24.05, 95% CI = 1.27-454.86) but not their alcohol consumption (OR = 1.65, 95% CI = 0.62-4.39) to follow the behavior of their friends. Smokers did not differ from non-smokers in the likelihood of receiving a friendship nomination (OR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.87-1.10), regardless of their SES. Alcohol consumers received significantly more friendship nominations than non-consumers (OR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.01-1.33), but this association was not significantly different according to SES. CONCLUSIONS Hungarian adolescents appear to prefer friendships within their own socio-economic status group, and smoking and alcohol consumption spread within those friendship networks. Socio-economic groups do not differ in the extent to which they encourage smoking or alcohol consumption.
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- Márta K Radó
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- Institute for Analytical Sociology, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Computational Social Science-Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (CSS - RECENS), Budapest, Hungary
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- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Analytical Sociology, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
- HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Computational Social Science-Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (CSS - RECENS), Budapest, Hungary
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Settersten RA, Hollstein B, McElvaine KK. "Unlinked lives": Elaboration of a concept and its significance for the life course. Adv Life Course Res 2024; 59:100583. [PMID: 38448089 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2023.100583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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This article introduces the concept of "unlinked lives" and illustrates its significance for scholarship on the life course. There are many lessons to be learned about human interdependence by focusing not on relationships that are formed and then maintained, but instead on relationships that are lost or ended by choice or circumstance, such as through changes in institutional affiliations, social status and positions or places. Unlinked lives carry important social meanings, are embedded in complex social processes, and bring consequences for the wellbeing of individuals, families, and societies. To develop this concept, we put forward nine key propositions related to when and how unlinkings happen as processes, as well as some of the consequences of being unlinked as a status or outcome. The coupling of "unlinked lives" with "linked lives" offers a crucial avenue for advancing life course theories and research, integrating scholarship across multiple life periods and transitions, and bridging the two now-distinct traditions of intellectual inquiry on the life course and on social networks.
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- Richard A Settersten
- Oregon State University, 628 Kerr Administrative Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany
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- Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
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Vacca R, Bianchi F. Diversity, integration, and variability of intergenerational relationships in old age: New insights from personal network research. Soc Sci Res 2024; 119:102991. [PMID: 38609307 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.102991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Relationships between family members from different generations have long been described as a source of solidarity and support in aging populations and, more recently, as a potential risk factor for COVID-19 contagion. Personal or egocentric network research offers a powerful kit of conceptual and methodological tools to study these relationships, but this has not yet been employed to its full potential in the literature. We investigate the heterogeneity, social integration, and individual correlates of intergenerational relationships in old age analyzing highly granular data on the personal networks of 230 older adults (2747 social ties) from a local survey in one of the areas of the world at the forefront of global aging trends (northern Italy). Using information on different layers in broad egocentric networks and on the structure of connectivity among the social contacts of aging people, we propose multiple conceptualizations and measures of intergenerational connectedness. Results show that intergenerational relationships are strongly integrated, but also highly diverse and variable, in older adults' social networks. Different types of intergenerational ties exist in different network layers, with various relational roles, degrees of tie strength, and patterns of association with individual and tie characteristics. We discuss how new and existing personal network data can be leveraged to consider novel questions and hypotheses about intergenerational relationships in contemporary aging families.
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- Raffaele Vacca
- Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, United States.
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- Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
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Warren WH, Falandays JB, Yoshida K, Wirth TD, Free BA. Human Crowds as Social Networks: Collective Dynamics of Consensus and Polarization. Perspect Psychol Sci 2024; 19:522-537. [PMID: 37526132 PMCID: PMC10830891 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231186406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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A ubiquitous type of collective behavior and decision-making is the coordinated motion of bird flocks, fish schools, and human crowds. Collective decisions to move in the same direction, turn right or left, or split into subgroups arise in a self-organized fashion from local interactions between individuals without central plans or designated leaders. Strikingly similar phenomena of consensus (collective motion), clustering (subgroup formation), and bipolarization (splitting into extreme groups) are also observed in opinion formation. As we developed models of crowd dynamics and analyzed crowd networks, we found ourselves going down the same path as models of opinion dynamics in social networks. In this article, we draw out the parallels between human crowds and social networks. We show that models of crowd dynamics and opinion dynamics have a similar mathematical form and generate analogous phenomena in multiagent simulations. We suggest that they can be unified by a common collective dynamics, which may be extended to other psychological collectives. Models of collective dynamics thus offer a means to account for collective behavior and collective decisions without appealing to a priori mental structures.
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- William H Warren
- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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Wieland ML, Molina L, Goodson M, Capetillo GP, Osman A, Ahmed Y, Elmi H, Nur O, Iteghete SO, Torres-Herbeck G, Dirie H, Clark MM, Lohr AM, Smith K, Zeratsky K, Rieck T, Herrin J, Valente TW, Sia IG. Healthy immigrant community study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a social network intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction among Hispanic and Somali adults. Contemp Clin Trials 2024; 138:107465. [PMID: 38309526 PMCID: PMC10923143 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Immigrants to the United States face structural barriers that contribute to rising cardiovascular risk factors and obesity after immigration. This manuscript describes the development of the Healthy Immigrant Community protocol and baseline measures for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to test the effectiveness of a social network intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction among two immigrant populations. METHODS We developed a social network-informed, community-based, participatory research-derived health promotion intervention with Hispanic and Somali immigrant communities in Minnesota consisting of mentoring, educational and motivational sessions, group activities, and a community toolkit for healthy weight loss delivered by culturally concordant health promoters (HPs) to their social networks. Using a stepped wedge cluster randomized design, social network-based groups were randomly assigned to receive the intervention either immediately or after a delay of one year. Outcomes, measured at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months, were derived from the American Heart Association's "Life's Simple 7": BMI and waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, physical activity level, and dietary quality. RESULTS A total of 51 HPs were enrolled and randomized (29 Hispanic; 22 Somali). There were 475 participants enrolled in the study, representing a mean social network group size of 8 (range, 5-12). The mean BMI of the sample (32.2) was in the "obese" range. CONCLUSION Processes and products from this Healthy Immigrant Community protocol are relevant to other communities seeking to reduce cardiovascular risk factors and negative health behaviors among immigrant populations by leveraging the influence of their social networks.
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- Mark L Wieland
- Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Rochester Healthy Community Partnership.
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Alliance for Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americans, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Department of Language Services, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Somali American Social Service Association, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Somali American Social Service Association, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Alliance for Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americans, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Rochester Healthy Community Partnership
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Department of Integrative Medicine and Health, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Rochester Healthy Community Partnership; Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Farine DR. Modelling animal social networks: New solutions and future directions. J Anim Ecol 2024; 93:250-253. [PMID: 38234253 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Research Highlight: Ross, C. T., McElreath, R., & Redhead, D. (2023). Modelling animal network data in R using STRAND. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14021. One of the most important insights in ecology over the past decade has been that the social connections among animals affect a wide range of ecological and evolutionary processes. However, despite over 20 years of study effort on this topic, generating knowledge from data on social associations and interactions remains fraught with problems. Redhead et al. present an R package-STRAND-that extends the current animal social network analysis toolbox in two ways. First, they provide a simple R interfaces to implement generative network models, which are an alternative to regression approaches that draw inference by simulating the data-generating process. Second, they implement these models in a Bayesian framework, allowing uncertainty in the observation process to be carried through to hypothesis testing. STRAND therefore fills an important gap for hypothesis testing using network data. However, major challenges remain, and while STRAND represents an important advance, generating robust results continues to require careful study design, considerations in terms of statistical methods and a plurality of approaches.
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- Damien R Farine
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Collective Behaviour, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany
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Bocci Benucci S, Tonini B, Roffo G, Casale S, Fioravanti G. The Application of the Metacognitive Model of Desire Thinking and Craving in Problematic Social Networking Sites Use. Psychiatr Q 2024; 95:1-16. [PMID: 37864669 PMCID: PMC10902051 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-023-10059-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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Cognitive models of addictive behaviours have highlighted the central role of Desire Thinking (DT) - a conscious and voluntary cognitive process orienting to prefigure images and information about a positive target-related experience - in increasing craving and maintaining addictive behaviors. The metacognitive model of DT and craving posits that metacognition plays a central role in understanding dysregulation in DT. The current study aims to test the role of metacognitions about DT, DT, and craving in the relationship between Fear of Missing Out (FoMo), boredom proneness, negative emotional reactivity and Problematic Social Network Sites Use (PSNSU). A sample of 529 participants (Mage= 32.45 ± 13.33; F = 62.9%) completed an online survey. The hypothesised model produced an adequate fit to the data and accounted for 86% of PSNSU variance. FoMO predicted positive metacognitions about DT (PMDT), which predicted DT that, in association with craving, predicted PSNSU. Boredom proneness positively predicted PSNSU directly and indirectly through the serial mediation of PMDT, DT, and craving. A direct path between negative emotional reactivity and PSNSU was found. The current findings provide preliminary evidence for applying the metacognitive model of DT and craving in PSNSU. PMDT and DT may be central cognitive processes in craving and PSNSU for individuals who experience boredom proneness and FoMo.
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- Sara Bocci Benucci
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla, 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- School of Psychology, University of Florence, Via della Torretta, 16, 50137, Florence, Italy
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- School of Psychology, University of Florence, Via della Torretta, 16, 50137, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Psychology Unit, Via San Salvi 12- Padiglione 26, 50135, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Psychology Unit, Via San Salvi 12- Padiglione 26, 50135, Florence, Italy.
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Dickerson DL, D'Amico EJ, Kennedy DP, Brown RA, Klein DJ, Etz K, Johnson CL, Funmaker G, Arvizu-Sanchez V, Malika N. The Role of Social Networks on Depression and Anxiety Among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults. J Adolesc Health 2024; 74:556-562. [PMID: 38085209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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PURPOSE Mental health inequalities continue to persist among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. However, few studies have examined the association of social networks and depression and anxiety among urban emerging AI/AN adults. METHODS This study analyzes the association of social network characteristics with depression and anxiety among a sample of urban AI/AN emerging adults. A second set of regression models tested the same associations but controlling for respondent sexual and gender minority (SGM) status. Data were from a sample of 150 AI/AN emerging adults residing in urban areas from 20 different states (86% female; mean age 21.8; 48.0% SGM) who participated in a randomized controlled trial analyzing the effects of culturally grounded interventions on alcohol and other drug use and cultural connectedness. RESULTS Participants with a higher proportion of network members who were around the same age reported significantly less anxiety. Those who had a higher proportion of network members who they sometimes/often argue/fight with were more likely to report greater depression and anxiety. Participants with higher proportions of social network members who have ever lived on a reservation/Rancheria/tribal land/tribal village reported significantly less depression. However, participants with higher proportions of social network members who lived 50 miles away or more reported significantly more depression. Controlling for SGM status, results were largely similar. DISCUSSION Results highlight the role of social connections on the mental well-being of urban AI/AN emerging adults.
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- Daniel L Dickerson
- University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP), Los Angeles, California.
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- Division of Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
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- Division of Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
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- Division of Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
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- Division of Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Gaithersburg, Maryland
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- Division of Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
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Cero I, De Choudhury M, Wyman PA. Social network structure as a suicide prevention target. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024; 59:555-564. [PMID: 37344654 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-023-02521-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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PURPOSE The structure of relationships in a social network affects the suicide risk of the people embedded within it. Although current interventions often modify the social perceptions (e.g., perceived support and sense of belonging) for people at elevated risk, few seek to directly modify the structure of their surrounding social networks. We show social network structure is a worthwhile intervention target in its own right. METHODS A simple model illustrates the potential of interventions to modify social structure. The effect of these basic structural interventions on suicide risk is simulated and evaluated. Its results are briefly compared to emerging empirical findings for real network interventions. RESULTS Even an intentionally simplified intervention on social network structure (i.e., random addition of social connections) is likely to be both effective and safe. Specifically, this illustrative intervention had a high probability of reducing the overall suicide risk, without increasing the risk of those who were healthy at baseline. It also frequently resolved stable, high-risk clusters of people at elevated risk. These illustrative results are generally consistent with emerging evidence from real social network interventions for suicide. CONCLUSION Social network structure is a neglected, but valuable intervention target for suicide prevention.
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- Ian Cero
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
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- School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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Berselli N, Caminiti M, Ancona A, Stacchini L, Gallinoro V, Catalini A, Cosma C, De Nicolò V, Mazza C, Minutolo G, Cedrone F, Gianfredi V. Social network characteristics and well-being in Italy: insights from the PHRASI Study. Ann Ig 2024; 36:169-181. [PMID: 38240182 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2024.2598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Background Mental well-being should be prioritized in public health as it represents a valuable resource for individuals and communities, influencing behavior, social cohesion and social inclusion. The support individuals receive from their social networks can have a significant impact on mental well-being. This study used data from the Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey in Italy, a nationwide cross-sectional survey. The objective was to assess the level of well-being among the Public Health Residents and investigate the association between the social network characteristics and the well-being in this population. Study design The current cross-sectional study targeted 1,600 public health residents enrolled in various Italian public health specialization schools between June 14 and July 26, 2022. Methods Participants self-reported both functional and structural characteristics of social network. Well-being was assessed using the WHO-5 well-being index. Linear regression models, adjusted for age and sex, were applied to examine the association between WHO-5 score and social network characteristics. Results Out of 379 participants, 51.5% reported bad well-being. Those with bad well-being are more likely women, experience lower peer-to-peer and supervisor support, face higher work-to-private life interference, and less frequently have a partner. Greater peer-to-peer support (β=1.13, 95% CI=0.68; 1.57), and increased supervisor support (β=1.26, 95% CI=0.86; 1.67), were associated with higher levels of well-being. Conversely, higher work-to-private life interference was associated with lower perceived well-being. Having a partner resulted in a better perceived well-being (β=1.96, 95% CI=0.94; 2.98). In logistic regression analysis, higher peer-to-peer support (OR=0.68, 95% CI = 0.55;0.85) greater supervisor support (OR=0.60, 95% CI=0.49;0.74) and having a partner (OR=0.51, 95% CI = 0.32;0.82) were associated with reduced odds of bad well-being. Conversely, increased WLI was associated with higher odds of bad well-being (OR=1.47, 95% CI = 1.19;1.82). Conclusions The characteristics of an individual's social network play a crucial role in her/his well-being and should be considered both in personal and professional contexts when aimed to enhance mental well-being in communities.
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- Nausicaa Berselli
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery-Sector of Public Health, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Marche Region Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome
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- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Hospital management, Local Health Authority of Pescara, Abruzzo Region, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy
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Bai J, Song X, Song J. People's attitudes toward others' positive self-presentations and demotivation self-presentations on SNS. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2024; 243:104160. [PMID: 38281388 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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People tend to make positive self-presentations on social networking sites (SNS). We aim to compare people's attitudes toward others' positive self-presentations on SNS and its mechanism. The sample in Experimental 1 included 71 Chinese college students. We measured participants' attitudes to others' positive self-presentation, life details self-presentation, and demotivation self-presentation on SNS. Results from Experiment 1 showed that participants preferred others' life details self-presentations over positive self-presentations, and mostly disliked demotivation self-presentations. In Experiment 2, with another sample, we tested idealization, perceived interpersonal distance, stress, anxiety, and depression as mediators of participants' attitudes toward others' positive self-presentation. The results suggested that feelings of depression and interpersonal distance play a mediating role in the relationship between the self-presentation types and people's likability of these posts. The results have implications for understanding why people dislike positive self-presentations on SNS. Positive self-presentations lead people to feel more depressed and far interpersonally distanced from the sharer, and thus they are less likely to like positive self-presentation.
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- Jing Bai
- Institute of Psychology, School of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Psychology, School of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Psychology, School of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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Goldstone RL, Dubova M, Aiyappa R, Edinger A. The Spread of Beliefs in Partially Modularized Communities. Perspect Psychol Sci 2024; 19:404-417. [PMID: 38019565 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231198238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Many life-influencing social networks are characterized by considerable informational isolation. People within a community are far more likely to share beliefs than people who are part of different communities. The spread of useful information across communities is impeded by echo chambers (far greater connectivity within than between communities) and filter bubbles (more influence of beliefs by connected neighbors within than between communities). We apply the tools of network analysis to organize our understanding of the spread of beliefs across modularized communities and to predict the effect of individual and group parameters on the dynamics and distribution of beliefs. In our Spread of Beliefs in Modularized Communities (SBMC) framework, a stochastic block model generates social networks with variable degrees of modularity, beliefs have different observable utilities, individuals change their beliefs on the basis of summed or average evidence (or intermediate decision rules), and parameterized stochasticity introduces randomness into decisions. SBMC simulations show surprising patterns; for example, increasing out-group connectivity does not always improve group performance, adding randomness to decisions can promote performance, and decision rules that sum rather than average evidence can improve group performance, as measured by the average utility of beliefs that the agents adopt. Overall, the results suggest that intermediate degrees of belief exploration are beneficial for the spread of useful beliefs in a community, and so parameters that pull in opposite directions on an explore-exploit continuum are usefully paired.
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- Robert L Goldstone
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
- Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University
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- Center for Complex Networks and Systems, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University
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- Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University
- Center for Complex Networks and Systems, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University
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Hasegawa S, Mizokami F, Hayakawa Y, Matsui Y. Relationship between social networks and medication counts: A 1-year follow-up pilot study. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24:324-326. [PMID: 38328906 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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- Sho Hasegawa
- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
- Department of Education and Innovation, Training for Pharmacy, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Education and Innovation, Training for Pharmacy, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
- Department of Pharmacy, National Center for Geiatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Education and Innovation, Training for Pharmacy, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
- Department of Pharmacy, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Frailty and Locomotive Syndrome, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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Rafiq A, Linden B. Social Media and Self-Concept Among Postsecondary Students: A Scoping Review. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2024; 27:194-201. [PMID: 38315773 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2023.0451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The vast majority of college-aged students use social networking sites (SNS) to foster connectedness and enable networking. In addition, SNS allow individuals to control their online self-presentation. This may lead to incongruence between students' actual selves and their curated online selves, thereby damaging one's self-perception by increasing social comparison orientation. The goal of this article was to investigate the relationship between SNS use and self-concept that has not yet been explored in depth among the postsecondary population. Utilizing Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework, a scoping review of the published literature was conducted. A total of 41 articles were included in the review. Three overarching themes were extracted from the findings. The first theme found that consistent exposure to the thin ideal and fitspiration posts across various SNS were linked to increased body dissatisfaction. The second theme found that engaging in online academic or ability-based comparisons resulted in a worsened mental state among postsecondary students. The third theme found that one's SNS followers or the number of "likes" received have mixed effects on student self-concept. Through gaining an improved understanding of the SNS stressors that contribute to students' mental health from this review, postsecondary institutions can implement more targeted interventions to bolster student wellbeing.
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- Amna Rafiq
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Suda T, Murayama H, Sugawara I. Association between participation in social network service groups and offline social networks. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24 Suppl 1:279-284. [PMID: 38319046 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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AIM Although some previous studies have suggested using a social networking service (SNS) to create and maintain offline social networks among younger generations, whether similar outcomes would apply to middle-aged and older individuals is uncertain. This study aimed to examine the association between participation in groups via SNS and greater offline social networks among middle-aged and older individuals. METHODS We conducted a web-based questionnaire survey on 3106 respondents from September to October 2021 among members of "the Shumi-to Club," an SNS in Japan. They indicated the number of SNS groups they belonged to and were classified into two categories, namely, those with and without participation in SNS groups. The current study assessed offline social networks using the total frequency of face-to-face interactions with distant family members and friends. Ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed, and the frequency of offline interactions was set as the outcome with adjustment for sociodemographic variables and self-rated health. RESULTS Approximately 70.8% (n = 2200) of the participants belonged to SNS groups. Participation in SNS groups was associated with higher frequencies of face-to-face interaction with friends (odds ratio [95% confidential intervals]: 1.78 [1.53-2.07]). However, the current study found no association between belonging to a group and face-to-face interaction with distant family members (1.09 [0.93-1.26]). CONCLUSIONS The participation in SNS groups potentially promotes offline social networks, particularly with friends. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 279-284.
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- Takumi Suda
- Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Service Management, Bunri University of Hospitality, Sayama, Japan
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Yue Y, Shen X. Development strategy of early childhood music education industry: An IFS-AHP-SWOT analysis based on dynamic social network. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0295419. [PMID: 38422058 PMCID: PMC10903847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Early childhood music education has garnered recognition for its unique contribution to cognitive, emotional, and social development in children. Nevertheless, the industry grapples with numerous challenges, including a struggle to adapt traditional educational paradigms to new curriculum reforms, and an excessive emphasis on skill training at the expense of nurturing a love for music and aesthetics in children. To navigate these challenges and explore growth strategies for the early childhood music education industry, we initiated a comprehensive approach that involved distributing surveys to practitioners and parents and engaging experts for insightful discussions. Consequently, we proposed an analytical method based on dynamic social networks in conjunction with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IFS), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis, collectively referred to as IFS-AHP-SWOT. This integrated methodology synergizes the capabilities of dynamic social networks, IFS, AHP, and SWOT analysis to offer a nuanced perspective on industry development strategies. The findings underscore that institutions within the early childhood music education industry need to adopt a development strategy that leverages their strengths and opportunities to foster sustainable growth. Ultimately, this research aims to provide critical decision-making support for industry practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, contributing significantly to the ongoing discourse on strategic development in the early childhood music education industry.
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- Yuanyang Yue
- School of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, China
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- School of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, China
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Geweniger A, Barth M, Haddad A, Högl H, Insan S, Mund A, Langer T. Perceived social support and characteristics of social networks of families with children with special healthcare needs following the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1322185. [PMID: 38487183 PMCID: PMC10937572 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1322185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Background Children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) require more support than the average of their peers. Support systems for CSHCN were particularly affected by pandemic control measures. Perceived social support is a resource for health and wellbeing for CSHCN and their families. Associations of social support, mental health and socioeconomic status (SES) have been described. This study aims to (1) assess perceived social support in families with and without CSHCN; (2) describe structure and types of social networks of families with and without CSHCN; and (3) explore associations between perceived social support, disease complexity, child and caregiver mental health, and SES. Methods This is the third of a sequential series of cross-sectional online surveys conducted among caregivers of children ≤ 18 years in Germany since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, administered between 1st December 2022 and 10 March 2023. The Brief Social Support Scale (BS6) assessed perceived social support. Child and parental mental health were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and WHO-5 Wellbeing index. The CSHCN-Screener identified CSHCN. Descriptive statistics and linear regression modeling assessed associations between perceived social support, parent-reported child mental health problems, disease complexity, caregiver mental wellbeing and SES. Results The final sample included 381 participants, among them 76.6% (n = 292) CSHCN. 46.2% (n = 176) of caregivers reported moderate, i.e., at least occasional social support. Social support was largely provided by informal social networks consisting of partners, relatives and neighbors/friends. Linear regression modeling revealed associations of lower perceived social support with higher disease complexity of the child, lower caregiver mental wellbeing, lower SES and increasing caregiver age. Conclusion The results of this study describe inequalities in perceived social support according to disease complexity of the child, caregiver mental health and socioeconomic status. They highlight the importance of social support and support networks as a resource for wellbeing of caregivers and CSHCN. Moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery strategies should focus on low-threshold interventions based in the community to improve social support for families with CSHCN and actively involve caregivers in identifying needs and co-creating new approaches.
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- Anne Geweniger
- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disease, Center for Pediatrics, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Center for Pediatrics, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Center for Pediatrics, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disease, Center for Pediatrics, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disease, Center for Pediatrics, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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García-Rodríguez A, Govezensky T, Naumis GG, Barrio RA. Modelling the creation of friends and foes groups in small real social networks. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298791. [PMID: 38412166 PMCID: PMC10898769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Although friendship networks have been extensively studied, few models and studies are available to understand the reciprocity of friendship and foes. Here a model is presented to explain the directed friendship and foes network formation observed in experiments of Mexican and Hungarian schools. Within the presented model, each agent has a private opinion and a public one that shares to the group. There are two kinds of interactions between agents. The first kind represent interactions with the neighbors while the other represents the attitude of an agent to the overall public available information. Links between agents evolve as a combination of the public and private information available. Friendship is defined using a fitness function according to the strength of the agent's bonds, clustering coefficient, betweenness centrality and degree. Enmity is defined as very negative links. The model allows us to reproduce the distribution of mentions for friends and foes observed in the experiments, as well as the topology of the directed networks.
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- Alberto García-Rodríguez
- Departamento de Sistemas Complejos, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, CDMX, México
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, CDMX, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, CDMX, México
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- Departamento de Sistemas Complejos, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, CDMX, México
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- Departamento de Sistemas Complejos, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, CDMX, México
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van den Ende MWJ, van der Maas HLJ, Epskamp S, Lees MH. Alcohol consumption as a socially contagious phenomenon in the Framingham Heart Study social network. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4499. [PMID: 38402289 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54155-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
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We use longitudinal social network data from the Framingham Heart Study to examine the extent to which alcohol consumption is influenced by the network structure. We assess the spread of alcohol use in a three-state SIS-type model, classifying individuals as abstainers, moderate drinkers, and heavy drinkers. We find that the use of three-states improves on the more canonical two-state classification, as the data show that all three states are highly stable and have different social dynamics. We show that when modelling the spread of alcohol use, it is important to model the topology of social interactions by incorporating the network structure. The population is not homogeneously mixed, and clustering is high with abstainers and heavy drinkers. We find that both abstainers and heavy drinkers have a strong influence on their social environment; for every heavy drinker and abstainer connection, the probability of a moderate drinker adopting their drinking behaviour increases by [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively. We also find that abstinent connections have a significant positive effect on heavy drinkers quitting drinking. Using simulations, we find that while both are effective, increasing the influence of abstainers appears to be the more effective intervention compared to reducing the influence of heavy drinkers.
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- Maarten W J van den Ende
- Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1001 NK, The Netherlands.
- Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1012 GC, The Netherlands.
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- Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1001 NK, The Netherlands
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- Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1001 NK, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117570, Singapore
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- Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1012 GC, The Netherlands
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Sabatini S, Martyr A, Hunt A, Gamble LD, Matthews FE, Thom JM, Jones RW, Allan L, Knapp M, Quinn C, Victor C, Pentecost C, Rusted JM, Morris RG, Clare L. Health conditions in spousal caregivers of people with dementia and their relationships with stress, caregiving experiences, and social networks: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme. BMC Geriatr 2024; 24:171. [PMID: 38373905 PMCID: PMC10875834 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04707-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Longitudinal evidence documenting health conditions in spousal caregivers of people with dementia and whether these influence caregivers' outcomes is scarce. This study explores type and number of health conditions over two years in caregivers of people with dementia and subgroups based on age, sex, education, hours of care, informant-rated functional ability, neuropsychiatric symptoms, cognition of the person with dementia, and length of diagnosis in the person with dementia. It also explores whether over time the number of health conditions is associated with caregivers' stress, positive experiences of caregiving, and social networks METHODS: Longitudinal data from the IDEAL (Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life) cohort were used. Participants comprised spousal caregivers (n = 977) of people with dementia. Self-reported health conditions using the Charlson Comorbidity Index, stress, positive experiences of caregiving, and social network were assessed over two years. Mixed effect models were used RESULTS: On average participants had 1.5 health conditions at baseline; increasing to 2.1 conditions over two years. More health conditions were reported by caregivers who were older, had no formal education, provided 10 + hours of care per day, and/or cared for a person with more neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline. More baseline health conditions were associated with greater stress at baseline but not with stress over time. Over two years, when caregivers' health conditions increased, their stress increased whereas their social network diminished DISCUSSION: Findings highlight that most caregivers have their own health problems which require management to avoid increased stress and shrinking of social networks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Serena Sabatini
- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
| | - Anthony Martyr
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
- Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
| | - Anna Hunt
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
| | - Laura D Gamble
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
| | - Fiona E Matthews
- Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
| | - Jeanette M Thom
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
| | - Roy W Jones
- Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath, UK
| | - Louise Allan
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South-West Peninsula, Exeter, UK
| | - Martin Knapp
- London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
| | - Catherine Quinn
- Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, Bradford University, Bradford, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, Bradford, UK
| | - Christina Victor
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UK
| | - Claire Pentecost
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
| | | | - Robin G Morris
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
| | - Linda Clare
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South-West Peninsula, Exeter, UK
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