How do Shy People Expand Their Social Networks? Using Social Surrogates as a Strategy to Expand One's Network  

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Souma, Toshihiko ; Ura, Mitsuhiro ; Isobe, Chikae ; Hasegawa, Koji ; Morita, Akiko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Asian Journal of Social Psychology vol. 11 no. 1 (Mar. 2008), page 67–74.
Topik: Shyness; Social network; Social surrogate hypothesis

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: AA49.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The authors examined the use of social surrogates by shy people to expand their social network when entering a new environment, following Bradshaw's social surrogate hypothesis. The authors conducted a panel survey of 70 friendship pairs of students 7 months after they entered university. The results revealed that when a friend acted as a surrogate, the shy students extended their joint networks more. In contrast, not-shy students extended their networks regardless of whether a friend acted as a surrogate. These results indicate that even shy people can adjust indirectly to new social circumstances because they can expand their social networks by using a close friend as a surrogate.

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