@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00019196, author = {平島, 太郎 and 五十嵐, 祐 and HIRASHIMA, Taro and IGARASHI, Tasuku}, journal = {名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科紀要. 心理発達科学}, month = {Dec}, note = {In this study, we examined the relationships between social network composition and individuals’ attitudinal ambivalence. Attitudinal ambivalence reflects the extent to which one simultaneously has both positive and negative evaluations toward an attitude object. Although the effects of attitudinal ambivalence on individuals’ behavioral decision-making process have been much examined, little is known about the “sociality” of attitudinal ambivalence. The authors take a viewpoint that individual attitudes and social network structure mutually influence each other. Although some researchers have showed that network heterogeneity increases individuals’ subjective ambivalence (feelings of conflict toward an attitude object), the relationship between network composition and individuals’ structural ambivalence (the extent to which one’s attitude structure contain both positive and negative evaluations toward an attitude object) has not been examined directly. We predicted that structural ambivalence is positively related to social network heterogeneity, but negatively to network homogeneity. These associations would be prominent among those with a high perspective-taking ability (the Empathy Quotient; EQ). A total of 131 undergraduates participated in our survey. We assessed attitudinal ambivalence (structural and felt ambivalence) toward four types of values and social issues, network homogeneity/heterogeneity of the participants’ social network (i.e., the extent to which how many other network members had a similar or a dissimilar attitude), and EQ. Correlational analysis revealed that structural/felt ambivalence was negatively correlated with network homogeneity, but none of attitudinal ambivalence indices were associated with network heterogeneity. Furthermore, EQ moderated the relationship between network heterogeneity and felt ambivalence. Contrary to our prediction, network heterogeneity was negatively associated with felt ambivalence among people with low EQ more strongly than those with high EQ. EQ is the ability not only to read others’ intentions and attitudes but also to respond to them in an appropriate way. When low EQ people confront the situation in which their attitudes are incongruent with other network members, they are more likely to be affected by the difference between own and others’ attitudes. Future research should distinguish processes of perceiving others’ attitudes from internalizing them.}, pages = {105--114}, title = {社会的ネットワークの構成と態度の両価性の関連 : 態度の両価性の構造的側面に着目した検討}, volume = {61}, year = {2014} }