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An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood

Through social interaction, the mood of a person can affect the mood of others. The speed and intensity of such mood contagion can differ, depending on the persons and the type and intensity of their interactions. Especially in close relationships the negative mood of a depressed person can have a s...

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Main Authors: Ab. Aziz, Azizi, Treur, Jan, Van Der Wal, C. Natalie
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
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QA76 Computer software
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/10556/1/A1.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_9
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spelling my.uum.repo.105562014-04-20T08:29:19Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/10556/ An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood Ab. Aziz, Azizi Treur, Jan Van Der Wal, C. Natalie QA76 Computer software Through social interaction, the mood of a person can affect the mood of others. The speed and intensity of such mood contagion can differ, depending on the persons and the type and intensity of their interactions. Especially in close relationships the negative mood of a depressed person can have a serious impact on the moods of the ones close to him or her.For short time durations, contagion may be the main factor determining the mood of a person; however, for longer time durations individuals also apply regulation mechanisms to compensate for too strong deviations of their mood. Computational contagion models usually do not take into account such regulation.This paper introduces an agent-based model that simulates the spread of negative mood amongst a group of agents in a social network, but at the same time integrates elements from Gross’ emotion regulation theory, as the individuals’ efforts to avoid a negative mood.Simulation experiments under different group settings pointed out that the model is able to produce realistic results, that explain negative mood contagion and emotion regulation behaviours posed in the literature Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/10556/1/A1.pdf Ab. Aziz, Azizi and Treur, Jan and Van Der Wal, C. Natalie (2011) An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood. In: 14th International Conference (PRIMA 2011), November 16-18, 2011, Wollongong, Australia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_9 doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_9
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Ab. Aziz, Azizi
Treur, Jan
Van Der Wal, C. Natalie
An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
description Through social interaction, the mood of a person can affect the mood of others. The speed and intensity of such mood contagion can differ, depending on the persons and the type and intensity of their interactions. Especially in close relationships the negative mood of a depressed person can have a serious impact on the moods of the ones close to him or her.For short time durations, contagion may be the main factor determining the mood of a person; however, for longer time durations individuals also apply regulation mechanisms to compensate for too strong deviations of their mood. Computational contagion models usually do not take into account such regulation.This paper introduces an agent-based model that simulates the spread of negative mood amongst a group of agents in a social network, but at the same time integrates elements from Gross’ emotion regulation theory, as the individuals’ efforts to avoid a negative mood.Simulation experiments under different group settings pointed out that the model is able to produce realistic results, that explain negative mood contagion and emotion regulation behaviours posed in the literature
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ab. Aziz, Azizi
Treur, Jan
Van Der Wal, C. Natalie
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Treur, Jan
Van Der Wal, C. Natalie
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title An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
title_short An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
title_full An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
title_fullStr An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
title_full_unstemmed An agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
title_sort agent-based model for integrated contagion and regulation of negative mood
publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg
publishDate 2011
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/10556/1/A1.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/10556/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_9
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