Having a Cyberball: Using a ball-throwing game as an experimental social stressor to examine the relationship between neuroticism and coping
Having a Cyberball: Using a ball-throwing game as an experimental social stressor to examine the relationship between neuroticism and coping
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.005
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
French, Davina J.
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作者：
Boyes, Mark E.;French, Davina J.
研究神经质和应对之间的关系一直受到性格和回顾性方法的限制。目前的实验评估了在排斥研究中使用的投球游戏的效用，作为实验压力源来检查神经质相关的应对差异。实验1显示，即使采用了广泛使用的测量方法，在玩赛博球时被排除在外也会导致情绪低落和自尊心下降。被排斥也会引发以情绪为中心的应对反应。实验2增加了反应量表的灵敏度，并引入了一个模糊的赛博球条件。当排除是模糊的，高神经质的参与者认为自己在游戏中控制较少。被排斥引起了情绪聚焦和回避应对反应。与之前的研究一致，高神经质的参与者更专注于情绪应对。未来的研究应该考虑模棱两可条件在检验实验操作中的效用，以及对社会排斥敏感性的个体差异。2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Research examining the relationship between neuroticism and coping has been limited by reliance on dispositional and retrospective methodologies. The current experiments evaluated the utility of a ball-throwing game used in ostracism research, as an experimental stressor with which to examine neuroticism-related differences in coping. Experiment 1 revealed that being excluded during Cyberball is associated with lowered mood and self-esteem, even when widely-used measures are employed. Being ostracised also evoked an emotion-focused coping response. Experiment 2 increased the sensitivity of response-scales and introduced an ambiguous Cyberball condition. When exclusion was ambiguous, high-neuroticism participants perceived themselves as having less control during the game. Being excluded evoked emotion-focused and avoidance coping responses. Consistent with previous research high-neuroticism participants engaged in more emotion-focused coping. Future research should consider the utility of ambiguous conditions in examining experimental manipulations, as well as individual differences in sensitivity to social ostracism. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.