Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review

This review advances the previous literature regarding how personality traits are related to the features of social networks by investigating how dispositional optimism is linked with the structure of personal social networks. We evaluated these relations from a socio-psychological perspective, sugg...

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Main Authors: Amănălăchioaie Andreea, Diaconu-Gherasim Loredana R., Curseu Petru L.
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Published: Drustvo Psihologa Srbije 2025-01-01
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Curseu Petru L.
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description This review advances the previous literature regarding how personality traits are related to the features of social networks by investigating how dispositional optimism is linked with the structure of personal social networks. We evaluated these relations from a socio-psychological perspective, suggesting that individual differences shape the structure of social networks people participate in as well as from a sociological perspective, arguing that the structural configuration of social networks shapes individual differences. A systematic literature review search was conducted in six databases (Science Direct, Scopus, Taylor and Francis, Sage Journals, Ingenta, and Pro-Quest) for articles published between 2000 and 2022. The results indicated that dispositional optimism is a relevant personality trait for structural indicators of social networks (i.e., size, contact frequency and social connection). Further, there is also some evidence that structural features of social networks predict dispositional optimism. Our review advances the previous literature by providing an integrative view on the way dispositional optimism is related to structural features of social networks.
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spelling doaj-art-74dccda4a856496181f73535c0f1c25e2025-08-20T02:46:02ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57051451-92832025-01-0158325127110.2298/PSI240309005A0048-57052500005ADispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature reviewAmănălăchioaie Andreea0Diaconu-Gherasim Loredana R.1Curseu Petru L.2Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania Open Universiteit, Heerlen, the NetherlandsThis review advances the previous literature regarding how personality traits are related to the features of social networks by investigating how dispositional optimism is linked with the structure of personal social networks. We evaluated these relations from a socio-psychological perspective, suggesting that individual differences shape the structure of social networks people participate in as well as from a sociological perspective, arguing that the structural configuration of social networks shapes individual differences. A systematic literature review search was conducted in six databases (Science Direct, Scopus, Taylor and Francis, Sage Journals, Ingenta, and Pro-Quest) for articles published between 2000 and 2022. The results indicated that dispositional optimism is a relevant personality trait for structural indicators of social networks (i.e., size, contact frequency and social connection). Further, there is also some evidence that structural features of social networks predict dispositional optimism. Our review advances the previous literature by providing an integrative view on the way dispositional optimism is related to structural features of social networks.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2025/0048-57052500005A.pdfdispositional optimismsocial networksnetwork sizesocial connectionsystematic review
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Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
Psihologija
dispositional optimism
social networks
network size
social connection
systematic review
title Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
title_full Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
title_fullStr Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
title_short Dispositional optimism and social networks: A systematic literature review
title_sort dispositional optimism and social networks a systematic literature review
topic dispositional optimism
social networks
network size
social connection
systematic review
url https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2025/0048-57052500005A.pdf
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