The casual effect of relational mobility on integration of social networks: An agent-based modeling approach.

ABSTRACT: Despite converging evidence for the importance of relational mobility on shaping people's social experiences, previous work suggested mixed findings for its influence on the structure of sociocentric networks, which lays the basis for the development of all types of social relationships. Additionally, as it is timely and economically intractable to administer such longitudinal experiments in real-life settings, most previous work mainly relied on cross-sectional correlation analyses and provided limited causal evidence. The current research used an agent-based modeling approach to examine whether higher relational mobility (i.e., the number of opportunities to meet new people) would promote integration among social networks over time. Using parameters derived from survey data, we simulated

SUBMITTER: Li LMW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9170874 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature