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Social networks and personality in a liberal arts college
| Title: | Social networks and personality in a liberal arts college. |
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| Name(s): |
Gopaldas, Amrita Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Thesis | |
| Issuance: | multipart monograph | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: |
electronic electronic resource |
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| Extent: | v, 34 p. : ill. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | In this study, relationships between social networks and personality in a small liberal arts college were examined. Participants were asked to list members of their social networks, the activities in which they participated, and to complete the Sentence Completion Test (SCT), and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). On the CPI, individuals with high scores on measures related to extraversion (particularaly the CPI Sociability scale) will have a greater network size and report a larger number of activities. In additon, the extent to which participants formed relationships with individuals with similar levels of ego development, and similar personality profiles, that is, the degree of homophily in relationships were evaluated. Finally, it was examined whether this homophily increased over time, that is, whether students increasingly gravitated towards others with similar personalities during the college years. | |
| Identifier: | 818655901 (oclc), 3359293 (digitool), FADT3359293 (IID), fau:1421 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Amrita Gopaldas. Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2012. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Online social networks -- Psychological aspects Identity (Psychology) Interpersonal communication Social perception Self-perception |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359293 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
