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| Title |
Minimal Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Greeting, Thanking, and Conversing
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| Published in |
Social Psychological and Personality Science, November 2023
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| DOI | 10.1177/19485506231209793 |
| Authors |
Esra Ascigil, Gul Gunaydin, Emre Selcuk, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Erdal Aydin |
| Abstract |
Recent studies have highlighted the subjective well-being benefits of minimal social interactions (i.e., interactions with weak ties and strangers). However, the empirical work to date has primarily focused on minimal social interactions that involve conversations and relied on Western samples. In the current research, we examined not only conversations but also momentary interactions (i.e., greeting and thanking) in a large, nationally representative, non-WEIRD sample from Turkey (N = 3,266). We used an instrumental variable approach to provide evidence for the direction of the association between minimal social interactions and life satisfaction. We also investigated the robustness of this approach by replicating one of our key findings in a very large, English-speaking, convenience sample (N = 60,141). Across the two samples, we found that having conversations with strangers and weak ties, as well as simply greeting and thanking weak ties, predicted greater life satisfaction. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 265 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 9% |
| Spain | 17 | 6% |
| Japan | 11 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 4% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3 | 1% |
| Mexico | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Turkey | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 27 | 10% |
| Unknown | 161 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 232 | 88% |
| Scientists | 17 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 10 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 10 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 70% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 3 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 6 | 60% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 462. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2024.
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#1,048
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