[Fis] Social Information Structure&dynamics: SOCIOTYPE

[Pedro C. Marijuan]

Dear FISers,
Herewith the abstract of a very recent publication of my group about the 
"Sociotype" --it was published yesterday in Plos One.
Although the paper is oriented towards practical application of a 
sociotype questionnaire in different domains of social/psychological 
research
and in public health socialization programs, we think it has an ample 
thoretical basis & overall interest in the social information science 
endeavor.
It was conceived as a rough approach to informational envelop of the 
person into the social niche...
and we think it may also be useful to highlight personality-type, 
gender, age-segments,  and intercultural differences in socialization.
By the way, we have been waiting for almost two years, along a really 
strenuous review process.   (!!!)
Best wishes--Pedro
See complete version at:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189568

*The 'sociotype' construct: Gauging the**
**structure and dynamics of human sociality*
Pedro C. Marijuan, Jesus Montero-Marin, Jorge Navarro, Javier Garcia-
Campayo, Raquel del Moral

Exploring the pertinence of a "sociotype" construct, established along 
the conceptual chain
genotype-phenotype-sociotype, is the essential purpose of the present 
paper. Further, by
following the sociotype's conceptual guidelines, a new psychometric 
indicator has been
developed in order to gauge the level of social interaction around each 
individualÐthe sociotype
questionnaire (SOCQ). A first version of this questionnaire has been 
elaborated by
gathering data about the different classes of social bonds (family, 
friends, acquaintances,
and work/study colleagues) in general population and about the dynamic 
update of these
bonds via face-to-face conversation and other modes of interaction. A 
specific fieldwork was
undertaken, involving 1,075 participants, all of them Spanish adults 
(with diverse social and
regional backgrounds). The data obtained were analyzed by means of the 
correlational
method with an analytical cross-sectional design: the number of factors 
and the consistency
and reliability of the resulting scales were evaluated and correlated. 
The new sociotype indicator
resulting from that fieldwork, in spite of its limitations, seems to be 
valid and reliable,
as well as closely associated with widely used metrics of loneliness and 
psychological distress.
It is interesting that the construct noticeably varies throughout the 
life course and circumstances
of individuals, based on their gender and age, and adjusting to the 
different
situations of social networking. This is the first study, to the best of 
our knowledge, which
has tried to reach both a theoretical and an operational formulation of 
the sociotype construct,
by establishing an ad hoc psychometric questionnaire. We think that the 
information
provided by this operational definition opens a new direction of work 
that could be useful to
guide the development and evaluation of programs aimed at improving and 
strengthening
social networking in people at risk, especially for the elderly.


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Pedro C. Marijuán
Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA)
Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta 0
50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 (& 6818)
pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.es
http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/
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