The Cost of Exclusion and the Benefit of Overinclusion: Individual Differences Moderate Sensitivity to Inclusionary Status

dc.contributor.author	Anderson, Jason	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-06-28T17:19:48Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-01T06:11:37Z
dc.date.issued	2011-05	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The current study examined the impact of varying degrees of exclusion and overinclusion on mood and the needs for belonging and control. Participants played an online ball tossing game with two computerized confederates in which they were initially included, then gradually excluded or overincluded. Participants in the exclusion condition suffered a reduction in mood and impaired psychological needs (belonging, control). This effect was evident after receiving four (7.4%) fewer tosses than when included. Overinclusion resulted in improved psychological needs, but not mood. Rejection sensitivity (RS) did not moderate the effect of exclusion, demonstrating the negative and highly detectable nature of exclusion. RS, however, did moderate the effect of overinclusion, such that high RS individuals experienced improved mood and psychological needs, whereas low RS individuals did not. Implications for future research are discussed.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/23104
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	exclusion	en_US
dc.subject	overinclusion	en_US
dc.subject	rejection sensitivity	en_US
dc.subject	individual differences	en_US
dc.title	The Cost of Exclusion and the Benefit of Overinclusion: Individual Differences Moderate Sensitivity to Inclusionary Status	en_US
dc.type	dissertation or thesis	en_US

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