Laura Aufderheide Brashears
Biographic Data
| ID | 1379730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Aufderheide Brashears |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Aufderheide |
| FAMILY NAME | Brashears |
| SIGNATURE | BRASHEARS L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Where you are, what you want, and what you can do
Ego networks are thought to be influenced by the opportunities provided to associate with others given by our master statuses (e.g., race or sex), by the preferences individuals possess for interaction given our personality traits (e.g., extroverted or neurotic), and by the capacity to manage interactions on an ongoing basis given our cognitive ability to recall network information. However, prior research has been unable to examine all three cla…
Affinities
Close Friendships among Contemporary People
Do contemporary people have fewer friends than they used to? In this entry, we examine the research on strong tie networks, or networks containing people especially important to us, in order to provide a partial answer. We begin with a review of the methods employed to collect data on social network connections. We then summarize the literature on the size of Americans' social networks as well as change in this size over time. Finally, we conclud…
Affinities
Where you are, what you want, and what you can do
Ego networks are thought to be influenced by the opportunities provided to associate with others given by our master statuses (e.g., race or sex), by the preferences individuals possess for interaction given our personality traits (e.g., extroverted or neurotic), and by the capacity to manage interactions on an ongoing basis given our cognitive ability to recall network information. However, prior research has been unable to examine all three cla…
Close Friendships among Contemporary People
Do contemporary people have fewer friends than they used to? In this entry, we examine the research on strong tie networks, or networks containing people especially important to us, in order to provide a partial answer. We begin with a review of the methods employed to collect data on social network connections. We then summarize the literature on the size of Americans' social networks as well as change in this size over time. Finally, we conclud…
Affinities
Where you are, what you want, and what you can do
Ego networks are thought to be influenced by the opportunities provided to associate with others given by our master statuses (e.g., race or sex), by the preferences individuals possess for interaction given our personality traits (e.g., extroverted or neurotic), and by the capacity to manage interactions on an ongoing basis given our cognitive ability to recall network information. However, prior research has been unable to examine all three cla…
Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Affinities (1 work) · Big Five personality traits (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Complex Network Analysis Techniques (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Data science (1 work)