Dispositional Optimism and the Emergence of Social Network Diversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2277403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M A Andersson (0000-0003-1832-0742, University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-115 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01227.x |
| OpenAlex | W1509643252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 80 |
Personality has yet to be examined as an indirect yet powerful determinant of the diversity of personal social networks that is independent of preference- and population-based mechanisms. I use the 2004 General Social Survey to illustrate how dispositional optimism shapes core discussion network size as well as demographic heterophily among core ties. I find that optimism is associated with enhanced network size as well as ties among nonkin and across lines of age, education, and race. Following these results, I urge closer attention to personality as it dynamically shapes the social structure of opportunities and resources
Core (optical fiber) · Diversity (politics) · Interpersonal ties · Optimism · Personality · Political science · Population · Preference · Race (biology) · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
Psychological capital and individual performance via social capital
Motivation
Dispositional optimism
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease
Is having an educationally diverse social network good for health
Energy Loss After Daily Role Stress and Work Incivility
How optimism and physical activity interplay to promote happiness
Personal Networks
The Contingent Effects of Mental Well-being and Education on Volunteering
Agency and Mental Health
The association between actor/partner optimism and cognitive functioning among older couples
Do Social Connections Create Trust? An Examination Using New Longitudinal Data
Science and religion around the world
Identity Crises in Love and at Work
Optimism and pessimism were prospectively associated with adaptation during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Political Consequences of an Optimistic Personality
Love Thy Self? How Belief in a Supportive God Shapes Self-Esteem
Valid and Reliable Measures of Generalized Trust
Reconceptualizing Agency within the Life Course
Diversity in action
Priority-Setting and Personality
Work and personality
Social Network Analysis
Affective Forecasting
Personal Agency in the Accumulation of Multiple Role-Identities
Individual differences and personal social network size and structure
Optimism
Positive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being
The Effects of Multiple Identities on Psychological Well-Being
Dispositional Optimism and Coping
Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network
A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition.
Bowling alone
Trust and commitment in the United States and Japan
Personality Structure
The social construction of reality
The Norc General Social Survey
The Moral Foundations of Trust
Unanticipated Gains
Social Capital
Can Cultural Worldviews Influence Network Composition
Personality correlates of structural holes
Psychological predispositions and network structure
Are respondents more likely to list alters with certain characteristics
Network items and the general social survey
Women's participation in the labor force
Eliminating Defense and Agreement Bias from Measures of the Sense of Control
How do We Learn to Trust? A Confirmatory Tetrad Analysis of the Sources of Generalized Trust
Optimism and resources
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Personality effects on social relationships
The future of optimism
Genetic Variation in Volunteerism
The Effects of Individual and Structural Characteristics on Intransitivity in Social Networks
Social Isolation in America
Core Discussion Networks of Americans
Social Capital, Television, and the “Mean World
Optimism in close relationships
Assessing coping strategies
Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem)
Cohort differences in Big Five personality factors over a period of 25 years
Social Structural Determinants of Similarity among Associates
Religion, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction
The 2004 GSS Finding of Shrunken Social Networks
How Cultural Tastes Shape Personal Networks
The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect
Self-focused attention and negative affect
Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings
Cloning Headless Frogs and Other Important Matters
The Stress Process and the Social Distribution of Depression
The Looking Glass Self
Coping and Social Support as Mediators of the Relation of Optimism to Depressive Symptoms Among Black College Students
Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental Health
Cognitive Skills and Noncognitive Traits and Behaviors in Stratification Processes
Birds of a Feather
Revisiting the Rural-Urban Contrast
Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude
Mobilizing Social Resources
Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network
Genetics and the Social Science Explanation of Individual Outcomes
Life Course Trajectories of Perceived Control and Their Relationship to Education
Urbanism as a Way of Life
Is Social Capital Declining in the United States? A Multiple Indicator Assessment
Gender and homophily
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |