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ArticleScientific reports2020

Depressive symptoms are associated with social isolation in face-to-face interaction networks.

Timon Elmer, Christoph Stadtfeld

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
49.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timon ElmerSocial Networks Lab, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. timon.elmer@gess.ethz.ch.
Christoph StadtfeldSocial Networks Lab, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-2134
ETH Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with depressive symptoms are more likely to be isolated in their social networks, which can further increase their symptoms. Although social interactions are an important aspect of individuals' social lives, little is known about how depressive symptoms affect behavioral patterns in social interaction networks. This article analyzes the effect of depressive symptoms on social interactions in two empirical settings (N

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Interpersonal RelationsComputer SimulationDepressionFemaleHumansMaleRadio Frequency Identification DeviceSocial IsolationSwitzerlandYoung Adult

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PMID31996728
PMCPMC6989520
OpenAlexW3003562473

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