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.i...@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@aragon.eshttp://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ > ------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Fis mailing list > Fis@listas.unizar.es > http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > -- John Prpić PhD Research <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1919614> / Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yiueCGUAAAAJ&hl=en> / Twitter <https://twitter.com/JPNuggets> / HICSS 2018 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314246189_Crowd_Science_2018_HICSS_Mini-Track> / Crowd Science Project <https://www.researchgate.net/project/Crowd-Science> Recent Articles: Next Generation Crowdsourcing for Collective Intelligence <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2750068> Connecting Online Work and Online Education at Scale <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2909282> Crowd Science: Research on IT-Mediated Crowds <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313010605_Crowd_Science_Research_on_IT-Mediated_Crowds> Unpacking Blockchains <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2932485> Specifying and Operationalizing an Organizational Theory of Crowdsourcing <http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1088023&dswid=-6962#sthash.ZXMQMuUZ.dpbs>
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