Social exclusion and perceived warmth of others and pets : Comparison between those with high versus low fear of negative evaluation

シャカイテキ　ハイジョ　ガ　タシャ　ト　ペット　ノ　アタタカサ　ノ　ヒョウテイ　ニ　オヨボス　エイキョウ

タナカ, ヒロアキ

Tanaka, Hiroaki

池上, 知子

イクガミ, トモコ

Ikegami, Tomoko

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

対人不安

機能的投影

擬人化

social exclusion

social anxiety

functional projection

anthropomorphism

It is well recognized that people are likely motivated to reconstruct social connections after being socially excluded. However, some previous studies indicate that this is not the case for individuals with high levels of fear of negative evaluation (FNE), who consider an encounter with a new person as further social threat. We therefore reasoned that those with high FNE may also attempt to restore their sense of belonging when they perceive the probability of receiving negative evaluation as low. In the present experiment, 70 university students received exclusion manipulation and were presented with photos of a person and a pet. They were asked to rate them on the dimension of warmth. Findings revealed that exclusion enhanced the perceived warmth of both the person and pet among either of those with low and high FNE. The result indicates that even those with high FNE try to restore their sense of belonging through an indirect strategy of attributing prosocial traits to others and pets if they do not expect interactions with, and negative evaluation from, the targets.

池上, 知子