[Feature Request]: Bridge statistics

[TarandeepKang]

Description

Implement bridge statistics

Purpose

Detecting commonality across clusters in a network

Use-case

Psychopathological or other network analysis

Is your feature request related to a problem?

The importance of bridge symptoms cannot yet be detected

Is your feature request related to a JASP module?

Network

Describe the solution you would like

Make bridge statistics available

Describe alternatives that you have considered

Currently only available in the R package networktools

Additional context

Bridge strength is defined as the sum of the absolute value of all edges that exist between a node and all nodes that are not in the same cluster

Jones, P. J., Ma, R., & McNally, R. J. (2021). Bridge Centrality: A Network Approach to Understanding Comorbidity. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 56(2), 353–367. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2019.1614898

See a typical application: Cai, H., Bai, W., Liu, H., Chen, X., Qi, H., Liu, R., Cheung, T., Su, Z., Lin, J., Tang, Y., Jackson, T., Zhang, Q., & Xiang, Y.-T. (2022). Network analysis of depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents during the later stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Translational Psychiatry, 12(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01838-9