Order of recall and meaning of closeness in collecting affective network data |
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Institution: | 1. University of Hildesheim, Institute for Educational Science, Department for General Educational Science, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141 Hildesheim, Germany;2. University of Bremen, SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Mary-Somerville-Straße 9, 28359 Bremen, Germany |
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Abstract: | The paper investigates how study participants handle the so-called “hierarchical mapping technique”, an affective name generator developed by Antonucci (1986), which is accompanied by a diagram enabling respondents to compare alters with regard to different degrees of closeness. By applying the thinking-aloud method, we identified three patterns in the order of recalling alters: closeness as overarching schema (with either role relationships or relationship properties as subordinate schema), roles and foci as overarching schema, and a fraying schema. In addition, we investigated how study participants understand and interpret “closeness”. The meanings of closeness can refer to various relationship properties, cultural framing, and relationship dynamics. Results show that specific meanings of closeness are related to different recall patterns. Furthermore, recall patterns vary according to the socio-economic status of the participants. Finally, implications for the construction of name generators and data collection are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Egocentric networks Data collection Affective name generator Cognitive schemata Order of recall Closeness |
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