TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of peer relational victimization on social cognition
T2 - Rejection attribution bias or a more generalized sensitivity to social pain?
AU - Park, Anna
AU - Jensen-Campbell, Lauri A.
AU - Miller, Haylie Lauren
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - This study tested two possible ways that being relationally victimized may affect social cognition. Victims may develop a rejection attribution bias (i.e., experiencing social pain by engaging in cue distortion and attributing ambiguous social behavior to intentional rejection). Conversely, victims may develop a more generalized sensitivity to social pain, wherein they react negatively to a wider spectrum of social situations—even those in which they are obviously included and excluded). Participants (males = 55, females = 134) completed online surveys containing demographic, personality, and peer victimization measures. In a later session, participants came to the lab and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: overt exclusion, ambiguous nonexclusion, and overt inclusion as part of an online ball-tossing game (Cyberball). The participants then completed self-report measures regarding their mood and experiences during the game. The results provided more support for the theoretical model that victims have a more generalized sensitivity to social pain; the rejection attribution theory was not supported.
AB - This study tested two possible ways that being relationally victimized may affect social cognition. Victims may develop a rejection attribution bias (i.e., experiencing social pain by engaging in cue distortion and attributing ambiguous social behavior to intentional rejection). Conversely, victims may develop a more generalized sensitivity to social pain, wherein they react negatively to a wider spectrum of social situations—even those in which they are obviously included and excluded). Participants (males = 55, females = 134) completed online surveys containing demographic, personality, and peer victimization measures. In a later session, participants came to the lab and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: overt exclusion, ambiguous nonexclusion, and overt inclusion as part of an online ball-tossing game (Cyberball). The participants then completed self-report measures regarding their mood and experiences during the game. The results provided more support for the theoretical model that victims have a more generalized sensitivity to social pain; the rejection attribution theory was not supported.
KW - Cyberball
KW - rejection
KW - relational victimization
KW - social cognition
KW - social pain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031818597&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0265407516664418
DO - 10.1177/0265407516664418
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031818597
SN - 0265-4075
VL - 34
SP - 984
EP - 1006
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
IS - 7
ER -