[Fis] Social Information Structure&dynamics: SOCIOTYPE

[John Prpic]

Looks like a really great paper Pedro, congrats to you and the team!

Best,
John

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 4:00 AM, Pedro C. Marijuan <
pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.es> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------
> 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 <+34%20976%2071%2035%2026> (& 6818)pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.eshttp://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/
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