Tibor Zingora
@tzingora.bsky.social
Social science (background soc psychology). Research in intergroup relations, social influence, social networks, and group dynamics.
In my opinion, it has been a lottery for a while. The worse thing is its biased nature.
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In my opinion, it has been a lottery for a while. The worse thing is its biased nature.
4/4 🌱— Why this could be important?
1️⃣ More accurate prediction of how attitudes and behaviors spread.
2️⃣ Improving network interventions, especially those identifying central individuals.
3️⃣ Interaction between friendship influence and norms — e.g., when they pull adolescents in different directions.
1️⃣ More accurate prediction of how attitudes and behaviors spread.
2️⃣ Improving network interventions, especially those identifying central individuals.
3️⃣ Interaction between friendship influence and norms — e.g., when they pull adolescents in different directions.
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
4/4 🌱— Why this could be important?
1️⃣ More accurate prediction of how attitudes and behaviors spread.
2️⃣ Improving network interventions, especially those identifying central individuals.
3️⃣ Interaction between friendship influence and norms — e.g., when they pull adolescents in different directions.
1️⃣ More accurate prediction of how attitudes and behaviors spread.
2️⃣ Improving network interventions, especially those identifying central individuals.
3️⃣ Interaction between friendship influence and norms — e.g., when they pull adolescents in different directions.
3/4 👫We also examined ingroup vs outgroup friends — both influenced adolescents, in distinct ways. Focusing only on #friendships can miss who is influential and how change spreads. Studying friends + norms together offers a more accurate map of influence.
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
3/4 👫We also examined ingroup vs outgroup friends — both influenced adolescents, in distinct ways. Focusing only on #friendships can miss who is influential and how change spreads. Studying friends + norms together offers a more accurate map of influence.
2/4 💡Have you tried to capture norms with networks?
We used longitudinal #SocialNetworks and SAOM to estimate friendship influence and group-based normative pressure in one framework — contributing to a clearer understanding of the channels through which change travels.
#NetworkScience
#socialpsych
We used longitudinal #SocialNetworks and SAOM to estimate friendship influence and group-based normative pressure in one framework — contributing to a clearer understanding of the channels through which change travels.
#NetworkScience
#socialpsych
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
2/4 💡Have you tried to capture norms with networks?
We used longitudinal #SocialNetworks and SAOM to estimate friendship influence and group-based normative pressure in one framework — contributing to a clearer understanding of the channels through which change travels.
#NetworkScience
#socialpsych
We used longitudinal #SocialNetworks and SAOM to estimate friendship influence and group-based normative pressure in one framework — contributing to a clearer understanding of the channels through which change travels.
#NetworkScience
#socialpsych
5/5 Social network analysis is an exciting way to study intergroup contact. Curious about what comes next!
October 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
5/5 Social network analysis is an exciting way to study intergroup contact. Curious about what comes next!
4/5 Social influence from friends was crucial! When we acknowledge that adolescents are influenced by friends' prejudice in the first place, having outgroup friends might no longer matter for prejudice. Plus, just exposure to outgroup peers positively shaped outgroup attitudes.
October 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
4/5 Social influence from friends was crucial! When we acknowledge that adolescents are influenced by friends' prejudice in the first place, having outgroup friends might no longer matter for prejudice. Plus, just exposure to outgroup peers positively shaped outgroup attitudes.
3/5 In longitudinal data, I found a negative link between outgroup friends and outgroup attitudes, as usual. However, SAOM studies typically include an additional factor: social influence. Adolescents might change their attitudes in the direction of their friends' attitudes.
October 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
3/5 In longitudinal data, I found a negative link between outgroup friends and outgroup attitudes, as usual. However, SAOM studies typically include an additional factor: social influence. Adolescents might change their attitudes in the direction of their friends' attitudes.
2/5 Do SAOM studies really find no evidence for the link between intergroup friendship and outgroup attitudes? To answer this question, I conducted a meta-analysis that confirmed this puzzle.
October 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
2/5 Do SAOM studies really find no evidence for the link between intergroup friendship and outgroup attitudes? To answer this question, I conducted a meta-analysis that confirmed this puzzle.
4/4 💡The exposure to outgroup peers - the number of outgroup peers in a school grade - had a positive effect on the development of outgroup attitudes.
January 4, 2024 at 8:03 PM
4/4 💡The exposure to outgroup peers - the number of outgroup peers in a school grade - had a positive effect on the development of outgroup attitudes.
3/4 💡Study 2. In a subsequent preregistered study, the number of outgroup friends was associated with outgroup attitudes when relying on correlations or a simple cross-lagged model, but when I applied SAOM. The reason was controlling for the social influence of friends.
January 4, 2024 at 8:03 PM
3/4 💡Study 2. In a subsequent preregistered study, the number of outgroup friends was associated with outgroup attitudes when relying on correlations or a simple cross-lagged model, but when I applied SAOM. The reason was controlling for the social influence of friends.