Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond.
Social hostility is seldom expressed overtly. More often than not, individuals try to get their hostile message across without risking violent altercations. However, subtle and relatively covert hostility is not easy to research. We suggest a novel way with the SoMi paradigm, a social decision makin...
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| author | Niels J Van Doesum Jan-Willem Van Prooijen Lot Verburgh Paul A M Van Lange |
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| description | Social hostility is seldom expressed overtly. More often than not, individuals try to get their hostile message across without risking violent altercations. However, subtle and relatively covert hostility is not easy to research. We suggest a novel way with the SoMi paradigm, a social decision making task that offers participants the opportunity to be socially mindful or socially hostile by leaving or limiting choice to others. Sampling a general population we find that, relative to friends and strangers, foes are indeed met with greater social hostility (Study 1). Focusing on the highly competitive environment of youth soccer, we find that rival team members elicit social hostility, whereas teammates elicit social mindfulness (Study 2). We conclude that social mindfulness and social hostility play a subtle role in the dynamics of interpersonal and/or intergroup relationships, in which leaving or limiting choice is one of the subtle ways to express benevolent versus hostile intentions; the SoMi paradigm may thus be helpful in identifying which way the ball rolls. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43f7fdb50ea1422a923d84175441d5852022-12-22T01:07:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01114e015357710.1371/journal.pone.0153577Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond.Niels J Van DoesumJan-Willem Van ProoijenLot VerburghPaul A M Van LangeSocial hostility is seldom expressed overtly. More often than not, individuals try to get their hostile message across without risking violent altercations. However, subtle and relatively covert hostility is not easy to research. We suggest a novel way with the SoMi paradigm, a social decision making task that offers participants the opportunity to be socially mindful or socially hostile by leaving or limiting choice to others. Sampling a general population we find that, relative to friends and strangers, foes are indeed met with greater social hostility (Study 1). Focusing on the highly competitive environment of youth soccer, we find that rival team members elicit social hostility, whereas teammates elicit social mindfulness (Study 2). We conclude that social mindfulness and social hostility play a subtle role in the dynamics of interpersonal and/or intergroup relationships, in which leaving or limiting choice is one of the subtle ways to express benevolent versus hostile intentions; the SoMi paradigm may thus be helpful in identifying which way the ball rolls.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4831831?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Niels J Van Doesum Jan-Willem Van Prooijen Lot Verburgh Paul A M Van Lange Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond. PLoS ONE |
| title | Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond. |
| title_full | Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond. |
| title_fullStr | Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond. |
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| title_short | Social Hostility in Soccer and Beyond. |
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