Individual differences in the rejection-aggression link in the hot sauce paradigm:: The case of rejection sensitivity
Individual differences in the rejection-aggression link in the hot sauce paradigm:: The case of rejection sensitivity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2007.07.004
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Luerssen, Anna
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作者：
Ayduk, Oezlem;Gyurak, Anett;Luerssen, Anna
先前的研究表明，社会排斥会激发攻击性。在这项研究中，我们调查了这种影响是否被拒绝敏感性（RS）的个体差异所调节-一种焦虑地期待，容易感知和过度反应拒绝的处理倾向。参与者（N= 129）参加了一个所谓的基于网络的社交互动，他们要么被拒绝或不被潜在的合作伙伴。随后，他们有机会向肇事者分配酱料，因为他们知道他/她不喜欢辛辣的食物。辣椒酱料的量被用作攻击行为的指标。拒绝条件下的参与者比控制条件下的参与者分配了更多的酱料。然而，RS缓和这种影响，拒绝引起侵略高，但不是在低RS的人。这些结果在控制了特质神经质之后仍然成立。这些研究结果的影响，了解如何和为什么拒绝elaborated侵略进行了讨论。(c)2007年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Prior research shows that social rejection elicits aggression. In this study, we investigated whether this effect is moderated by individual differences in Rejection sensitivity (RS)-a processing disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive and overreact to rejection. Participants (N= 129) took part in a purported web-based social interaction in which they were either rejected or not by a potential partner. Subsequently, they were given the opportunity to allocate hot sauce to the perpetrator, knowing that he/she disliked spicy food. Amount of hot sauce was used as a behavioral index of aggression. Participants in the rejection condition allocated more hot sauce to the perpetrator than those in the control condition. However, RS moderated this effect such that rejection elicited aggression in high but not in low RS people. These results held after controlling for trait neuroticism. Implications of these findings for understanding how and why rejection elicits aggression are discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.