Current psychological theories on daily social interactions emphasize individual differences yet are underspecified regarding contextual factors. We aim to extend this research by examining how two context factors shape social interactions in daily life: how many relationships people maintain and how densely people live together. In Study 1, 307 German participants (Mage = 39.44 years, SDage = 14.14) answered up to 20 experience sampling questionnaires regarding their social interactions over 2 days. In Study 2, 313 German participants (Mage = 48.96 years, SDage = 15.54) summarized their daily interactions in daily diaries for 14 days. Participants reported on their social network size and the social density (i.e., household and neighborhood density) of their living situations. Mobile sensing provided additional measures of social interactions and network size. The results showed that participants living in densely populated households transitioned faster from solitude to social interactions but slower from social interactions to solitude. Participants living in dwellings with more homes also transitioned slower from solitude to social interactions. Contrary to the hypothesis, social network size was inconsistently linked with transitions from solitude to social interactions and vice versa. Furthermore, current social desires predicted subsequent social interactions within days, but not across days-irrespective of individuals' social network size or social density. Together the results point out that people live their daily life in social contexts, which contribute to how they engage in social interactions. The findings thus call for a greater integration of contextual factors in personality theories of social interactions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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情境中的人物：社交网络和社会密度在日常生活中面对面互动动态调节中的作用。


当前关于日常社交互动的心理学理论强调个体差异，但在背景因素方面没有得到充分说明。我们旨在通过研究两个背景因素如何影响日常生活中的社交互动来扩展这项研究：人们维持多少关系以及人们共同生活的密度。在研究 1 中，307 名德国参与者 （Mage = 39.44 岁，SDage = 14.14） 回答了多达 20 份关于他们在 2 天内社交互动的经验抽样问卷。在研究 2 中，313 名德国参与者 （Mage = 48.96 岁，SDage = 15.54） 在为期 14 天的每日日记中总结了他们的日常互动。参与者报告了他们的社交网络规模和他们生活状况的社会密度（即家庭和社区密度）。移动传感提供了社交互动和网络规模的额外衡量标准。结果表明，生活在人口稠密家庭中的参与者从独处过渡到社交互动的速度较快，但从社交互动过渡到独处的速度较慢。居住在房屋较多的住宅中的参与者从独处过渡到社交互动的速度也较慢。与假设相反，社交网络大小与从孤独到社交互动的转变不一致，反之亦然。此外，当前的社交欲望可以预测几天内的后续社交互动，但不是跨天的——无论个人的社交网络规模或社交密度如何。总之，结果指出，人们的日常生活生活在社交环境中，这有助于他们如何参与社交互动。因此，研究结果呼吁将情境因素更多地整合到社会互动的人格理论中。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。