Measuring the experience of social connection within specific social interactions: The Connection During Conversations Scale (CDCS).

ABSTRACT: Decades of research have demonstrated that social connection is fundamental to health and well-being. The benefits of connection are observed with both close and distant others, within both new and established relationships, and even with exchanges that unfold over a relatively short timeframe. Because social connection is fundamental to well-being, many existing measures in the literature aim to assess either a global sense of connection or partner-specific (relationship-specific) connection. What is missing are measures of connection felt in specific social interactions or conversations. In three studies (Study 1: N = 351; Study 2: Time 1 N = 397, Time 2 N = 336, Time 3 N = 299; Study 3: N = 235), we developed the Connection During Conversations Scale (CDCS), a 14-item measure of convers

SUBMITTER: Okabe-Miyamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795981 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature