Social networks and positive and negative affect

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 4-13

  Greetham, Danica Vukadinovic ^a   Hurling, Robert ^b   Osborne, Gabrielle ^b   Linley, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Applied Positive Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor based models; Big five personality traits; Gratitude; Positive and negative affect; Short term network dynamics; SIENA; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054107319     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.07.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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