Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback
IntroductionThis study explores the impact of preferential inclusion on fulfilling basic needs following ambiguous or positive social feedback, considering the moderating effect of social anxiety.MethodsParticipants (N = 438) received either positive or ambiguous social feedback and engaged in a soc...
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| author | Rémi Thériault Flavie Dion-Cliche Stéphane Dandeneau |
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| description | IntroductionThis study explores the impact of preferential inclusion on fulfilling basic needs following ambiguous or positive social feedback, considering the moderating effect of social anxiety.MethodsParticipants (N = 438) received either positive or ambiguous social feedback and engaged in a social participation or preferential social inclusion task. They completed measures of the fulfillment of their fundamental needs, social anxiety, and other personality traits.ResultsThe results indicate that preferential social inclusion (Uberball condition) enhances the fulfillment of fundamental needs compared to social participation (Cyberball inclusion condition). Furthermore, receiving positive social feedback considerably strengthens the negative relationship between social anxiety and fundamental need fulfillment when followed by ordinary social participation relative to preferential social inclusion presumably because these individuals react more strongly to unmet expectations of extreme social acceptance.DiscussionThis research suggests that individuals with high social anxiety may not experience the usual benefits of social participation unless they experience extreme social inclusion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c30fe60b7b2e45b0926f1091635448a32023-12-05T05:07:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-12-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12717731271773Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedbackRémi ThériaultFlavie Dion-ClicheStéphane DandeneauIntroductionThis study explores the impact of preferential inclusion on fulfilling basic needs following ambiguous or positive social feedback, considering the moderating effect of social anxiety.MethodsParticipants (N = 438) received either positive or ambiguous social feedback and engaged in a social participation or preferential social inclusion task. They completed measures of the fulfillment of their fundamental needs, social anxiety, and other personality traits.ResultsThe results indicate that preferential social inclusion (Uberball condition) enhances the fulfillment of fundamental needs compared to social participation (Cyberball inclusion condition). Furthermore, receiving positive social feedback considerably strengthens the negative relationship between social anxiety and fundamental need fulfillment when followed by ordinary social participation relative to preferential social inclusion presumably because these individuals react more strongly to unmet expectations of extreme social acceptance.DiscussionThis research suggests that individuals with high social anxiety may not experience the usual benefits of social participation unless they experience extreme social inclusion.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1271773/fullsocial inclusionsocial participationfundamental needsfear of negative evaluationsocial anxietyUberball |
| spellingShingle | Rémi Thériault Flavie Dion-Cliche Stéphane Dandeneau Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback Frontiers in Psychology social inclusion social participation fundamental needs fear of negative evaluation social anxiety Uberball |
| title | Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| title_full | Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| title_fullStr | Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| title_short | Unmet expectations: social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| title_sort | unmet expectations social inclusion and the interaction between social anxiety and ambiguous or positive feedback |
| topic | social inclusion social participation fundamental needs fear of negative evaluation social anxiety Uberball |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1271773/full |
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