Open AccessQuantifying Interpersonal Dynamics for Studying Socio-Emotional Processes and Adverse Health Behaviors
Author(s) -
Emily A. Butler,
Kobus Barnard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0000000000000703
Subject(s) - psychology , closeness , interpersonal communication , set (abstract data type) , developmental psychology , recall , friendship , conversation , social psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , communication , programming language , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We introduce a new statistical software R package, rties, that simplifies the use of dynamic models for investigating interpersonal emotional processes. We demonstrate the package by using it to test whether emotional dynamics in romantic couples can predict, or are predicted by, shared unhealthy behaviors (SUBs).