Effects of social exclusion on cognitive processes: anticipated aloneness reduces intelligent thought.

By Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge, Christopher K Nuss. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2002

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Contingencies of self-worth and responses to negative interpersonal feedback (2008, background): “In Baumeister and colleagues’ studies, the rejection manipulations consisted of group exclusion experiences or receipt of feedback stating that participants would end up alone later in life (Baumeister et al., 2002b; Twenge et al., 2001, 2003).”
The effects of peer ostracism on children's cognitive processes (2012, methodology): “…exclusion has been shown to elicit emotional arousal in both adults and children (e.g., Abrams, Weick, Thomas, Colbe, & Franklin, 2011; Williams, Cheung, & Choi, 2000), such arousal was not found to account for the effects of exclusion on cognitive processes reported by Baumeister et al. (2002).”
Bullying Experiences and Compromised Academic Performance Across Middle School Grades (2011, background): “First, as described in the introduction, the experimental evidence on young adults suggests that the emotional distress elicited by exclusion inhibits performance on cognitively demanding (but not easy) tasks (Baumeister et al., 2002).”
Workplace ostracism and hospitality employees’ counterproductive work behaviors: The joint moderating effects of proactive personality and political skill (2013, background): “Research also suggested that social ostracism leads to employees’ destructive behavior (Baumeister et al., 2002) and workplace deviance (Ferris”
Social exclusion and the deconstructed state: time perception, meaninglessness, lethargy, lack of emotion, and self-awareness. (2003, result): “This is consistent with previous research in our labs, which showed no significant differences in the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Baumeister et al., 2002; Twenge et al., 2001) or the Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS; Twenge et al.”
Social Cognition and Interpersonal Impairments in Trauma Survivors with PTSD (2009, background): “Another theoretical framework argues that the impact of social exclusion is much like the blow of a blunt instrument, causing a temporary state of cognitive deconstruction, similar to the affective flattening that precedes suicide attempts ( Baumeister, Twenge, & Nuss, 2002 ).”
Self-Regulating Enhances Self-Regulation in Subsequent Consumer Decisions Involving Similar Response Conflicts (2009, background): “It reduces people’s capacity to engage in activities that are highly valued, as varied as intellectual performance (Baumeister et al. 2002), food intake control (Kahan et al. 2003), and rational decision making (Bruyneel et al. 2006).”
Thwarting the Need to Belong: Understanding the Interpersonal and Inner Effects of Social Exclusion (2007, background): “Au contraire, a series of studies found that social exclusion caused a sharp drop in intelligent thought ( Baumeister, Twenge, & Nuss, 2002 ), as measured by various IQ and reasoning tests.”
How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism in the socially anxious (2006, background): “Other researchers have found that social exclusion can impair performance on a memory task ( Baumeister, Twenge, & Nuss, 2002 ).”