Personality and social relationship dynamics: Short- and medium-term processes in daily life
Short Description: In two large-scale studies, researchers are investigating short- and medium-term dynamics within and between social relationships. These are the first studies of their kind to take not only quantitative but also qualitative behavioral relationship characteristics into account. Using multivariate analysis methods, they examine the influence of personality characteristics (e.g., extraversion, affiliative motives) on relationship dynamics in connection with social context factors (e.g., social network, population density).
Methodological Details: Study 1 used mobile sensing (MS), experience sampling (ESM), and day reconstruction (DRM) methods to collect data on personality traits and the types and quality of social interactions. The results were used in developing the questionnaires for Study 2. Study 2 examined the behavior of respondents in the SOEP Innovation Sample. Over a period of 14 days, respondents were surveyed by mobile phone on the quantity and quality of their social interactions. Meanwhile, their phone usage behavior was passively recorded through the research app.
Available Papers
Documentation
SOEP-IS 2023 – DIPS3_DAILY: Daily Diaries and Smartphone Sensing on the Daily Level (DIPS Project). SOEP Survey Papers 1430: Series D – Variable Descriptions and Coding. Berlin: DIW Berlin/SOEP. https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.936884.de/diw_ssp1430.pdf
SOEP-IS 2023 – DIPS3_DAILY: Daily Diaries and Smartphone Sensing on the Hourly Level (DIPS Project). SOEP Survey Papers 1431: Series D – Variable Descriptions and Coding. Berlin: DIW Berlin/SOEP. https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.936884.de/diw_ssp1431.pdf
SOEP-IS 2023 – DIPS3_DAILY: Daily Diaries and Smartphone Sensing on the DIPS3_CALLS: Short Surveys After Calls (DIPS Project). SOEP Survey Papers 1432: Series D – Variable Descriptions and Coding. Berlin: DIW Berlin/SOEP. https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.936884.de/diw_ssp1432.pdf
Publications
Krämer, M. D., Roos, Y., Schoedel, R., Wrzus, C., & Richter, D. (2024). Social dynamics and affect: Investigating within-person associations in daily life using experience sampling and mobile sensing. Emotion, 24(3), 878–893. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001309
Roos, Y., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., Schoedel, R., & Wrzus, C. (2023). Does your smartphone “know” your social life? A methodological comparison of day reconstruction, experience sampling, and mobile sensing. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231178738
Roos, Y., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., & Wrzus, C. (2024). Persons in contexts: The role of social networks and social density for the dynamic regulation of face-to-face interactions in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127(4), 920–935. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000512