Age Differences in Responses to Progressive Social Exclusion: The Role of Cognition and Socioemotional Functioning
| Autor: | Vivian Zayas, Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Jason F. Anderson, Margaret A. Cook |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Aging Social Psychology Emotions Personal Satisfaction Developmental psychology Young Adult Cognition Age groups Humans Interpersonal Relations Cognitive skill Aged Aged 80 and over Age differences Socioemotional selectivity theory Middle Aged Clinical Psychology Social Isolation Social Perception Video Games Younger adults Female Social exclusion Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 68:13-22 |
| ISSN: | 1758-5368 1079-5014 |
| Popis: | In prior research, older adults were found to be less responsive to social slights than younger adults, but the mechanisms behind such effects have remained unclear. The present study examined age differences in susceptibility to the deleterious effects of social exclusion and investigated the explanatory role of cognitive and socioemotional variables.Forty younger adults (aged 22-39) and 40 older adults (aged 58-89) played a modified version of "Cyberball," a virtual ball-tossing game, in which they were initially included by 2 other players and progressively excluded in subsequent rounds. After each round, participants reported their emotions and needs satisfaction.Older adults were less likely than younger adults to respond to mild levels of social exclusion, but both age groups responded similarly to more pronounced exclusion. Within the older group, participants with lower cognitive functioning were less responsive to mild exclusion, but this effect did not reach significance in the younger group.Future research on age differences in responses to social exclusion should further explore the role of cognition and examine possible implications for interpersonal functioning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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