{"title":"The influence of social networks tie strength and authority on attitudes: The case of attitudes toward delayed retirement","authors":"Yuhui Shao, Xun Yang, Qiwei Li, Yitong Huang, Shuyan Dai, Jie Zhou","doi":"10.1111/ajsp.70100","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social networks can influence people's attitudes toward social issues. The current research examined how online and offline tie strength and alter authority shape egos' attitudes toward delayed retirement across two studies. In Study 1, each ego nominated eight alters from their own social network, and we used a questionnaire survey to assess ego–alter attitudinal consistency. In Study 2, a between-subjects experiment was conducted to test the causal effects of tie strength and alter authority on individuals' immediate attitudes toward delayed retirement. Results showed that egos' existing attitudes were more consistent with those of alters with strong offline ties. In addition, online tie strength influenced immediate attitude change in the online exposure context, with the online tie effect most evident when offline ties were weak.</p>","PeriodicalId":47394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"29 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Social Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajsp.70100","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Social networks can influence people's attitudes toward social issues. The current research examined how online and offline tie strength and alter authority shape egos' attitudes toward delayed retirement across two studies. In Study 1, each ego nominated eight alters from their own social network, and we used a questionnaire survey to assess ego–alter attitudinal consistency. In Study 2, a between-subjects experiment was conducted to test the causal effects of tie strength and alter authority on individuals' immediate attitudes toward delayed retirement. Results showed that egos' existing attitudes were more consistent with those of alters with strong offline ties. In addition, online tie strength influenced immediate attitude change in the online exposure context, with the online tie effect most evident when offline ties were weak.
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Asian Journal of Social Psychology publishes empirical papers and major reviews on any topic in social psychology and personality, and on topics in other areas of basic and applied psychology that highlight the role of social psychological concepts and theories. The journal coverage also includes all aspects of social processes such as development, cognition, emotions, personality, health and well-being, in the sociocultural context of organisations, schools, communities, social networks, and virtual groups. The journal encourages interdisciplinary integration with social sciences, life sciences, engineering sciences, and the humanities. The journal positively encourages submissions with Asian content and/or Asian authors but welcomes high-quality submissions from any part of the world.
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