@article{139574d63a9248408e1e9dfeb530f9a3,
title = "In the Flow of Life: Capturing Affective Socializing Dynamics Using a Wearable Sensor and Intensive Daily Diaries",
abstract = "Interpersonal socializing is important to many sociological outcomes, but assessing the affective dynamics within interactional contexts is extremely challenging methodologically. As a first step toward capturing socializing and affective outcomes concurrently, this pilot study (n = 118) combines intensive daily surveys with a wearable sensor that tracked affective arousal. This approach allowed the operationalization of affect along its two primary dimensions, valence and arousal, which were then linked to periods socializing with a romantic partner, a best friend, and/or a group of friends. Although socializing predicted positive and negative affective valence concurrently in time, only socializing with groups of friends consistently predicted increased affective arousal. Findings for romantic partners and/or socializing with a close friend suggest that low arousal “downtime” with close intimates may also provide important social functions. This work demonstrates a new biosignaling approach to affective dynamics broadly relevant to emotion-related sociological research.",
keywords = "ambulatory, biosignal, biosocial, interaction ritual chain theory, microsociology, socializing, sociology of emotion, wearable",
author = "Amy Zhang and Bridget Goosby and Cheadle, {Jacob E.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was generously supported by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences. This research was also supported by grant P30AG066614 awarded to the Center on Aging and Population Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin by the National Institute on Aging and by grant P2CHD042849 awarded to the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, or the University of Texas at Austin. Funding Information: We want to thank Julia McQuillan and Dan Hoyt for the instrumental support they provided to the development of this project. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was generously supported by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences. This research was also supported by grant P30AG066614 awarded to the Center on Aging and Population Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin by the National Institute on Aging and by grant P2CHD042849 awarded to the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, or the University of Texas at Austin. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1177/23780231211064009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
journal = "Socius",
issn = "2378-0231",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
}