Being close or being alone: How Social ostracism affects solitude preference.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-30 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12753

Cheng Pang, Tulips Yiwen Wang, Jiali Lin

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Abstract

Social ostracism refers to the phenomenon of being excluded from social interactions and not being accepted by society. While previous research has examined its impact on prosocial and antisocial behaviour, few studies have investigated how individuals respond to ostracism by seeking solitude. Therefore, our study aims to explore the association between social ostracism and solitude seeking as well as the potential psychological mechanisms involved. We conducted three studies involving 488 Chinese students (59% female) and found that (a) long-term ostracism experiences positively correlated with preference for solitude, (b) short-term ostracism did not immediately lead to solitude seeking but increased the desire to establish new connections with others and (c) hostile assessment and negative emotions played a chain mediation role in the relationship between social ostracism and solitude seeking. These findings provide new insights and empirical evidence for understanding the relationship between social ostracism and solitude-seeking.

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亲近还是独处：社会排斥如何影响独处偏好。

社会排斥指的是被排除在社会交往之外、不被社会接受的现象。以往的研究探讨了社会排斥对亲社会行为和反社会行为的影响，但很少有研究探讨个体如何通过寻求独处来应对社会排斥。因此，我们的研究旨在探讨社会排斥与寻求独处之间的关联，以及其中潜在的心理机制。我们进行了三项研究，涉及 488 名中国学生（59% 为女性），结果发现：（a）长期的排斥经历与独处偏好呈正相关；（b）短期排斥不会立即导致寻求独处，但会增加与他人建立新联系的愿望；（c）敌对评价和负面情绪在社会排斥与寻求独处之间的关系中起到连锁调节作用。这些发现为理解社会排斥与寻求独处之间的关系提供了新的见解和实证证据。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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7.40%

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Social Psychology publishes work from scholars based in all parts of the world, and manuscripts that present data on a wide range of populations inside and outside the UK. It publishes original papers in all areas of social psychology including: • social cognition • attitudes • group processes • social influence • intergroup relations • self and identity • nonverbal communication • social psychological aspects of personality, affect and emotion • language and discourse Submissions addressing these topics from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative are welcomed. We publish papers of the following kinds: • empirical papers that address theoretical issues; • theoretical papers, including analyses of existing social psychological theories and presentations of theoretical innovations, extensions, or integrations; • review papers that provide an evaluation of work within a given area of social psychology and that present proposals for further research in that area; • methodological papers concerning issues that are particularly relevant to a wide range of social psychologists; • an invited agenda article as the first article in the first part of every volume. The editorial team aims to handle papers as efficiently as possible. In 2016, papers were triaged within less than a week, and the average turnaround time from receipt of the manuscript to first decision sent back to the authors was 47 days.