Limited evidence for structural balance in the family

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dc.contributor.authorSTEIN, Jonas
dc.contributor.authorMANDEMAKERS, Jornt
dc.contributor.authorVAN DE RIJT, Arnout
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T10:25:37Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T10:25:37Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionPublished online: 17 August 2023en
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies have shown that relationship sentiments in families follow a pattern wherein either all maintain positive relationships or there are two antagonistic factions. This result is consistent with the network theory of structural balance that individuals befriend their friends’ friend and become enemies with their friends’ enemies. Fault lines in families would then endogenously emerge through the same kinds of interactional processes that organize nations into axis and allies. We argue that observed patterns may instead exogenously come about as the result of personal characteristics or homophilous partitions of family members. Disentangling these alternate theoretical possibilities requires longitudinal data. The present study tracks the sentiment dynamics of 1,710 families in a longitudinal panel study. Results show the same static patterns suggestive of balancing processes identified in earlier research, yet dynamic analysis reveals that conflict in families is not generated or resolved in accordance with balance theory.en
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dc.identifier.citationNetwork science, 2023, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 589-614en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/nws.2023.15
dc.identifier.endpage614
dc.identifier.issn2050-1242
dc.identifier.issn2050-1250
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage589
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/75815
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.language.isoenen
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dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofNetwork scienceen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International*
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dc.titleLimited evidence for structural balance in the familyen
dc.typeArticleen
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