Social Exclusion Shifts Personal Network Scope

Frontiers in Psychology

Emily B. Falk¹  Matthew Brook O’Donnell¹  Joseph B. Bayer²  David J. Hauser⁴  Kinari M. Shah⁴ 

[1] Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States;Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States;Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada;Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States;School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;

关键词: cyberball;    ostracism;    social network;    activation;    cognition;    word-of-mouth;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01619

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Social exclusion has the potential to alter subsequent social interactions with the members of personal networks, especially given their online availability in contemporary life. Nonetheless, there is minimal research examining how social challenges such as exclusion alter ensuing interactions with personal ties. Here, we tested whether being excluded during a social interaction changed which relationships are most salient in an ostensibly unrelated, online news sharing task. Across three operationalizations of tie strength, exclusion (vs. inclusion) increased sharing to close friends, but (unexpectedly) decreased sharing to close family members. The findings provide preliminary evidence that negative encounters may shift attention toward certain types of network ties and away from others. Future work is needed to examine how social experiences influence personal network scope – i.e., who comes to mind – in the background of daily life.

【 授权许可】

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