Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2018
Effects of Social Exclusion on Cardiovascular and Affective Reactivity to a Socially Evaluative Stressor.
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- Psychophysiological distinctions in emotional responding: sensitivity to perceiving loss of connection.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Acute Experiences of Negative Interpersonal Interactions: Examining the Dynamics of Negative Mood and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Responses Among Black and Hispanic Urban Adults.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of neuromodulation on cognitive and emotional responses to psychosocial stressors in healthy humans.Neurobiology of stress · 2023Review
- Interaction Matters: The Effect of Touching the Social Robot PARO on Pain and Stress is Stronger When Turned ON vs. OFF.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2022Article
- Evaluating the impact of Archway: a personalized program for 1st year student success and mental health and wellbeing.BMC public health · 2021Article
- "There is people like us and there is people like them, and we are not like them." Understating social exclusion - a qualitative study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Investigating Reflexive Responses to Explicit and Implicit Forms of Social Exclusion Using Immersive Virtual Environment Technology.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Emotional Intelligence, Belongingness, and Mental Health in College Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- The Verbal Interaction Social Threat Task: A New Paradigm Investigating the Effects of Social Rejection in Men and Women.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- aVeRsive tension: A new virtual reality paradigm to assess emotional arousal in adolescent and young adult patients with symptoms of borderline personality disorder.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- The Stress of Being Left Out: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Ostracism in Preverbal Infants.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesArticle
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Abstract
purposeSocially disconnected individuals have worse health than those who feel socially connected. The mechanisms through which social disconnection influences physiological and psychological outcomes warrant study. The current study tested whether experimental manipulations of social exclusion, relative to inclusion, influenced subsequent cardiovascular (CV) and affective reactivity to socially evaluative stress.
methodsYoung adults (N = 81) were assigned through block randomization to experience either social exclusion or inclusion, using a standardized computer-based task (Cyberball). Immediately after exposure to Cyberball, participants either underwent a socially evaluative stressor or an active control task, based on block randomization. Physiological activity (systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR)) and state anxiety were assessed throughout the experiment.
resultsExcluded participants evidenced a significant increase in cardiovascular and affective responses to a socially evaluative stressor. Included participants who underwent the stressor evidenced similar increases in anxiety, but systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate did not change significantly in response to the stressor.
conclusionsResults contribute to the understanding of physiological consequences of social exclusion. Further investigation is needed to test whether social inclusion can buffer CV stress reactivity, which would carry implications for how positive social factors may protect against the harmful effects of stress.
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