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Social Network and Hormones Study

March 21, 2016 by IISBR

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Investigators
Serena Weren
Graduate Assistant
ASU
Olga Kornienko, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
ASU
Gary Hill
Professor of Music
ASU
Project Description
The ASU Marching Band study examines how individual-level characteristics, formal and informal social networks and contextual factors mediate physiological attunement between students in a marching band and if this attunement changes over time. This study focuses on cortisol and testosterone, which are salivary biomarkers that index activity of physiological systems relevant to affect, stress, and social relationships. Behavior and physiological attunement has been observed in other types of relationships and contexts, but there are currently no data for a large musical ensemble. The marching band represents a large sample population where social and performance-based relationships are developed while working towards a common performance goal. Thus, it provides a unique opportunity to investigate how multiple social networks intersect and affect physiological attunement, individual’s functioning, and marching band performance. We use a short-term longitudinal design to examine network selection and social influence processes regarding behavior and physiological outcomes.

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Filed Under: Research

UCI School of Social Ecology
Social Ecology I
Irvine, CA 92697-7050
www.uci.edu
www.socialecology.uci.edu

UCI Program in Public Health
UCI Health Sciences Complex
856 Health Sciences Quad
Irvine, CA 92697-3957
www.uci.edu www.publichealth.uci.edu

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