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.

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Abstract

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

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Azizi Ab Aziz
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2014 08:29
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2014 08:29
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/10556

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