Relational mobility is a sociological variable that represents how much freedom individuals have to choose which persons to have relationships with, including friendships, working relationships, and romantic partnerships in a given society. Societies with low relational mobility have less flexible interpersonal networks. People form relationships based on circumstance rather than active choice. In these societies, relationships are more stable and guaranteed, while there are fewer opportunities to leave unsatisfying relationships and find new ones.
Group memberships tend to be fixed, and individuals have less freedom to select or change these relationships even if they wished to.
In contrast, societies with high relational mobility give people choice and freedom to select or leave interpersonal relationships based on their personal preferences. Such relationships are based on mutual agreement and are not guaranteed to last.
Individuals have many opportunities to meet new people and to choose whom they interact with or which groups they belong to in such societies.[1][2]
Relational mobility is conceived as a socioecological factor, which means that it depends on the social and natural environment. The theory of relational mobility has attracted increased interest since the early 2000's because it has been found to explain important cross-cultural differences in people's behavior and way of thinking.[3]
^Thomson, Robert; et al. (2018). "Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (29): 7521–7526. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115.7521T. doi:10.1073/pnas.1713191115. PMC 6055178. PMID 29959208.
^Yuki, Masaki; Schug, Joanna (2012). "Relational mobility: A socioecological approach to personal relationships". In Gillath, O.; Adams, G.; Kunkel, A. (eds.). Relationship Science: Integrating Evolutionary, Neuroscience, and Sociocultural Approaches. American Psychological Association. pp. 137–151. doi:10.1037/13489-007. hdl:2115/52726. ISBN 978-1-4338-1123-4. S2CID 53496958.
^"Relational Mobility". Relational Mobility Website. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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