Dynamic network models reveal personalized patterns of well-being in young adult daily lives
Saida Heshmati, Jaymes Paolo Rombaoa, Sean H. Merritt, Alexander P. Christensen · 2025
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Saida Heshmati and three co-authors mapped well-being in daily life in a 2025 paper. Group averages can hide how one person's good days actually work. The team followed first-year college students, who often face swings in mood and routine, with phone surveys over one week.
Two samples of students answered thousands of short surveys about parts of well-being, such as purpose and positive feeling. A network method then traced, person by person, how those parts rose and fell together. Group networks matched standard theory, but each student's network had its own shape. The authors argue that support for young adults should fit the person, not just the average.
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| CREATOR | Saida Heshmati, Jaymes Paolo Rombaoa, Sean H. Merritt, Alexander P. Christensen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |