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Does Loneliness Change Social Judgments in Ambiguous Situations?: The Effects of Ostracism on Lonely Individuals

Lawrence, David Evan

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2018, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
Although lonely individuals experience ostracism fairly often, relatively little research exists on how they respond to it. In what little previous research does exist, ostracism has been found to be an almost universally negative experience for lonely and non-lonely individuals alike. Despite this the current study attempted to explore two different hypothesis that lonely individuals respond differently to ostracism than non-lonely individuals. Specifically, the hypothesis that lonely individuals experience greater social pain in an ambiguous condition that could or could not be seen as ostracism based on their own judgment (the rejection attribution bias), and the hypothesis that lonely individuals might be predisposed to a more generalized sensitivity to social pain based on their previous experiences. The study’s findings confirm previous research that explicit ostracism is generally perceived as negative regardless of individual differences such as loneliness, and additionally provided indications in support of both the generalized sensitivity hypothesis and the rejection attribution bias theory in lonely individuals.
Mark Sibicky (Advisor)
Christopher Klein (Committee Member)
59 p.

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  • Lawrence, D. E. (2018). Does Loneliness Change Social Judgments in Ambiguous Situations?: The Effects of Ostracism on Lonely Individuals [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1516195661191761

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lawrence, David. Does Loneliness Change Social Judgments in Ambiguous Situations?: The Effects of Ostracism on Lonely Individuals. 2018. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1516195661191761.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lawrence, David. "Does Loneliness Change Social Judgments in Ambiguous Situations?: The Effects of Ostracism on Lonely Individuals." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1516195661191761

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)