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. 2021 Dec 16:40:107717.
doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107717. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Gossip, sabotage, and friendship network dataset

Meltem Yucel  1   2 , Gustav R Sjobeck  1 , Rebecca Glass  3 , Joshua Rottman  4
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Gossip, sabotage, and friendship network dataset

Meltem Yucel et al. Data Brief. .

Abstract

This article describes the data reported in the paper "Being in the know: Social network analysis of gossip and friendship on college campuses" (Yucel et al. 2021). Data were collected from a Men's and Women's collegiate crew team members from a small liberal arts college. Participants (N = 44) reported information about how often they gossip about members of the team (positively, negatively), who they have had hooked-up with on the team, who they consider to be friends with on the team, whether they have to sabotaged or been sabotaged by any teammates, their well-being and feelings of loneliness. This data brief provides detailed information about data preparation and participants responses to all survey items.

Keywords: Friendship; Gossip; Negative gossip; Positive gossip; Sabotage; Sex gossip; Social network analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

This work was supported by Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology and the Franklin & Marshall College Committee on Grants. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships which have, or could be perceived to have, influenced the work reported in this article.

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