Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2012
Publication Title
Small Group Research
Abstract
We extend the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), a model originally proposed for the analysis of dyadic data, to the study of groups. We call this extended model the group actor-partner interdependence model or GAPIM. For individual outcomes (e.g., satisfaction with the group), we propose a group composition model with four effects; for group-level outcomes (e.g., group productivity), we propose a model with two effects; and for dyad-level outcomes (e.g., liking of each of the other members of the group), a model with seven effects. For instance, for an individual outcome with gender as the group composition variable the effects are gender of the actor, gender of the other group members, actor similarity in gender to the others in the group, and the others' similarity in gender. For each of these models, we discuss the ways in which different submodels map onto social-psychological processes. We illustrate the GAPIM with two data sets.
Keywords
climate, dyads, multilevel analysis, satisfaction
Volume
43
Issue
4
First Page
468
Last Page
496
DOI
10.1177/1046496412441626
ISSN
10464964
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Rights
© The Author(s) 2012.
Recommended Citation
Kenny, David A. and Garcia, Randi L., "Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to Study the Effects of Group Composition" (2012). Psychology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/psy_facpubs/85
Comments
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