Personality traits in social interactions: A tutorial on network analysis of personality dynamics

ResumenEste artículo recoge los principales resultados de un estudio realizado siguiendo la técnica del análisis de contenido en las plataformas de streaming sobre un total de 760 personajes (n = 760) de 33 series de Movistar+, HBO, Amazon Prime, Atresplayer Premium y Netflix. El objetivo es determinar si existen diferencias de género en la representación de los personajes, rasgos de personalidad, actitudes, objetivos personales o laborales, tipo de empleo que desempeñan, comportamientos de salud e interacciones sociales. Algunas de las conclusiones fueron la infrarrepresentación de la mujer y las orientaciones no heterosexuales, la perdurabilidad de los estereotipos de género en cuanto a objetivos personales y rasgos de personalidad, y la permanencia de la mujer en determinados puestos laborales.AbstractThis paper carries out a content analysis on streaming platforms of a total of 760 characters (n = 760) from 33 series from Movistar+, HBO, Amazon Prime, Atresplayer Premium and Netflix. The aim is to determine whether there are gender differences between the characters with respect to representation, personality traits, harmful attitudes, personal or work objectives, type of employment, health behaviors and social interactions. Some of the findings were the under-representation of women and non-heterosexual sexual orientations, the persistence of gender stereotypes in terms of goals and personality traits, and the permanency of women in certain types of employment.

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The heart of humor: A network analysis of the temperamental basis of humor and humor personality traits

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2021.111253 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 185 ◽

pp. 111253

Author(s):

Chloe Lau ◽

Francesca Chiesi ◽

Donald H. Saklofske

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Personality Traits

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How Reputation Systems Change the Psychological Antecedents of Fairness in Virtual Environments

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi12080132 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 132

Author(s):

Stefania Collodi ◽

Maria Fiorenza ◽

Andrea Guazzini ◽

Mirko Duradoni

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Social Dilemma ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Bargaining Game ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Reputation Systems ◽

The Social

Reputational systems promote pro-social behaviors, also in virtual environments, therefore their study contributes to the knowledge of social interactions. Literature findings emphasize the power of reputation in fostering fairness in many circumstances, even when its influence is not directly oriented towards specific individuals. The present study contributes to the investigation of the psychological antecedents of fairness, introducing (or not) reputation in the social dilemma framework. Although reputational systems usually influence fairness dynamics, there are also socio-psychological characteristics that can play a role, affecting the adhesion to the norm online. To investigate their effects, we employed a virtual bargaining game that could include a reputational system depending on the experimental condition. Results show that the participant’s fairness could be significantly influenced by socio-psychological and demographic characteristics, as well as personality traits. Reputation seems to decrease fairness in those individuals who report high levels of Neuroticism and Openness. At the same time, high values of Self-Efficacy appear to be more likely associated with unfair behaviors when reputation is off the bargaining. Finally, Age and Sense of Community emerge as fairness promoters regardless of the experimental condition.

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Stress response, gut microbial diversity and sexual signals correlate with social interactions

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2016.0352 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 20160352 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Iris I. Levin ◽

David M. Zonana ◽

Bailey K. Fosdick ◽

Se Jin Song ◽

Rob Knight ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Social Context ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Microbial Diversity ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Sexual Signals ◽

Body Contact ◽

The Social ◽

Barn Swallows

Theory predicts that social interactions are dynamically linked to phenotype. Yet because social interactions are difficult to quantify, little is known about the precise details on how interactivity is linked to phenotype. Here, we deployed proximity loggers on North American barn swallows ( Hirundo rustica erythrogaster ) to examine intercorrelations among social interactions, morphology and features of the phenotype that are sensitive to the social context: stress-induced corticosterone (CORT) and gut microbial diversity. We analysed relationships at two spatial scales of interaction: (i) body contact and (ii) social interactions occurring between 0.1 and 5 m. Network analysis revealed that relationships between social interactions, morphology, CORT and gut microbial diversity varied depending on the sexes of the individuals interacting and the spatial scale of interaction proximity. We found evidence that body contact interactions were related to diversity of socially transmitted microbes and that looser social interactions were related to signalling traits and CORT.

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Social Interaction Processes and Personality

10.31234/osf.io/evm4n ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mitja Back

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Social Relationships ◽

Interaction Processes ◽

Interaction Partners ◽

The Way

Social interactions are one of the most relevant contexts of our lives and they are intimately connected to the conceptualization, dynamics, development, and consequences of personality. In this chapter, I will first analyze the way social interactions unfold via interaction states of all interaction partners and describe how people differ in social interaction processes. Following the PERSOC model, I will argue that these individual differences are a key window to understanding the nature of some of the most popular personality traits (e.g., extraversion, dominance, shyness, agreeableness, narcissism), as well as their effects on and development in social relationships. Empirical research on individual differences in interaction state levels, contingencies, and fluctuations is summarized. In closing, I describe a couple of current limitations, and outline perspectives for understanding and assessing personality traits as dynamic social interaction systems.

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Regulation between personality traits: individual social tendencies modulate whether boldness and leadership are correlated

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2018.0829 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 285 (1880) ◽

pp. 20180829 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Peggy A. Bevan ◽

Isabella Gosetto ◽

Eliza R. Jenkins ◽

Isobel Barnes ◽

Christos C. Ioannou

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽

Social Dynamics ◽

Social Groups ◽

Social Animals ◽

The Relationship

Although consistent behavioural differences between individuals (i.e. personality variation) are now well established in animals, these differences are not always expressed when individuals interact in social groups. This can be key in important social dynamics such as leadership, which is often positively related to personality traits such as boldness. Individuals consistently differ in how social they are (their sociability), so if other axes of personality variation, such as boldness, can be suppressed during social interactions, this suppression should be stronger in more sociable individuals. We measured boldness (latency to leave a refuge when alone) and sociability (time spent with a conspecific) in three-spined sticklebacks ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) and tested the boldness–leadership association in pairs of these fish. Both boldness and sociability were repeatable, but were not correlated. When splitting the data between the 50% most sociable and 50% less sociable fish, boldness was more strongly associated with leadership in less rather than more sociable individuals. This is consistent with more sociable fish conforming to their partner's behaviour due to their greater social tendency. One axis of personality variation (sociability) can thus modulate the relationship between others (boldness and leadership), with potential implications for selection on personality variation in social animals.

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Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis

International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.17583/rimcis.2020.5248 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Livia García-Faroldi ◽

Valeria Bello

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

International Relations ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Power Relations ◽

Intercultural Dialogue ◽

Central Question ◽

The Social ◽

Cultural Conditioning ◽

External Sources ◽

Fixed Structure

The most important sociologists have discussed whether it is the social structure that produces individual behaviours or the latters are only the results of individuals’ will. In the literature of international relations, as well, a similar debate about the structure-agency problem has developed: in this context, the central question is whether or not there exist external sources of influences for the decisions that states take in international politics. This article, by sharing an integrative and post-structural approach (Archer, 1995; Foucault, 1970) proposes an empirical analysis of the formation of power architectures within the UN-SC surrounding the question of Intercultural Dialogue. A Social Network Analysis checks whether the way actors exercise power is concurrently the result of individual wills whose contents follows both institutional and cultural conditioning. Findings show that there is not a fixed structure of power relations which can be given for granted but it is continuously negotiated through both practices and social interactions. However, both institutional and, above all, cultural factors shape power relations.

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Social network analysis and the social interactions that define Hopewell

Archaeological Networks and Social Interaction ◽

10.4324/9781351003063-8 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 173-195

Author(s):

Mark A. Hill ◽

Kevin C. Nolan ◽

Mark S. Seeman

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Social Interactions ◽

The Social

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Nest architecture shapes the collective behaviour of harvester ants

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2015.0695 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 20150695 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Noa Pinter-Wollman

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Spatial Organization ◽

Collective Behaviour ◽

Nest Architecture ◽

Harvester Ants ◽

Spatial Constraints ◽

Ant Colonies ◽

Harvester Ant

Structures influence how individuals interact and, therefore, shape the collective behaviours that emerge from these interactions. Here I show that the structure of a nest influences the collective behaviour of harvester ant colonies. Using network analysis, I quantify nest architecture and find that as chamber connectivity and redundancy of connections among chambers increase, so does a colony's speed of recruitment to food. Interestingly, the volume of the chambers did not influence speed of recruitment, suggesting that the spatial organization of a nest has a greater impact on collective behaviour than the number of workers it can hold. Thus, by changing spatial constraints on social interactions organisms can modify their behaviour and impact their fitness.

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