Social exclusion and perceived warmth of others and pets : Comparison between those with high versus low fear of negative evaluation

Tanaka Hiroaki, Ikegami Tomoko

doi:10.18910/70552

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社会的排除が他者とペットの温かさの評定に及ぼす影響 : 否定的評価懸念の水準による相違に注目して
シャカイテキ　ハイジョ　ガ　タシャ　ト　ペット　ノ　アタタカサ　ノ　ヒョウテイ　ニ　オヨボス　エイキョウ
シャカイテキハイジョガタシャトペットノアタタカサノヒョウテイニオヨボスエイキョウ : ヒテイテキヒョウカケネンノスイジュンニヨルソウイニチュウモクシテ

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It is well recognized that people are likely motivated to reconstruct social connections after being socially excluded. However, some previous studies indicate that this is not the case for individuals with high levels of fear of negative evaluation (FNE), who consider an encounter with a new person as further social threat. We therefore reasoned that those with high FNE may also attempt to restore their sense of belonging when they perceive the probability of receiving negative evaluation as low. In the present experiment, 70 university students received exclusion manipulation and were presented with photos of a person and a pet. They were asked to rate them on the dimension of warmth. Findings revealed that exclusion enhanced the perceived warmth of both the person and pet among either of those with low and high FNE. The result indicates that even those with high FNE try to restore their sense of belonging through an indirect strategy of attributing prosocial traits to others and pets if they do not expect interactions with, and negative evaluation from, the targets.

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対人社会心理学研究

対人社会心理学研究 18 145-154, 2018

大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科対人社会心理学研究室

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