Not All Levels of Social Re-Inclusion Allow for Recovery from Negative Outcomes of Social Exclusion : The Moderating Role of Self-Esteem

Previous studies on social exclusion have focused on its adverse effects, rarely exploring how social re-inclusion can aid recovery from exclusion-induced distress. The level of social re-inclusion that can help individuals recover from social exclusion, and whether the recovery effect is influenced by individual characteristics are unclear. The present experimental study extends the Cyberball paradigm, adding a re-inclusion stage to explore the recovery effects of four levels of social re-inclusion on affect; furthermore, it tests the moderating role of self-esteem in the recovery effect. A total of 154 Chinese college students participated in the experiment. Results showed that (1) recovery was effective when the level of re-inclusion was equal to (replica re-inclusion) or greater than (moderate and high over-re-inclusions) the pre-exclusion level of inclusion, but ineffective when it was below this level (token re-inclusion); (2) the re-inclusion level positively predicted recovery, and this was moderated by self-esteem-the prediction was effective for participants with middle and high self-esteem, but not for participants with low self-esteem. These results are discussed from a group process and self-psychology perspective.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) - 14(2024), 2 vom: 25. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kuang, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Sik Hung [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Shenli [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Yanqiu [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Recovery effect
Self-esteem
Social exclusion
Social re-inclusion level

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Date Revised 25.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/bs14020088

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368824241