Rietman, Lisanne (2022) Need Satisfaction and Anti-Social Behavior after Ostracism. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The present study experimentally investigated the effect of cyber-ostracism on need satisfaction and compensational behavior. Based on the temporal need-threat model we examined threats to the four fundamental needs (i.e., belonging, self-esteem, meaningful existence, and control). We manipulated ostracism with the Ostracism Online task, in which participants (N = 437) were either excluded or over-included by the amount of received likes on their personal profiles. Next, we measured pro-social or anti-social responses to ostracism with a newly developed compensational puzzle task, in which participants allocated either easy or hard puzzles to an ostensible participant. Finally, we assessed whether the personality traits agreeableness or conscientiousness function as a moderator for (changes in) need satisfaction. The results showed that ostracized participants reported significantly lower need satisfaction for all needs. Overall, both included and excluded participants distributed more easy puzzles and therefore acted more pro-social. After the puzzle task, ostracized participants reported a significant increase in their need satisfaction. However, need satisfaction was still significantly lower for ostracized participants. Excluded (vs. included) participants high in agreeableness reported a significant increase in need satisfaction after the compensational behavior, although this behavior itself did not differ. We found no clear link between threatened power needs and anti-social behavior on the one hand and threatened inclusionary needs and pro-social behavior on the other, indicating little to no supporting evidence for the temporal need-threat model.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Agostini, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2022 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2022 08:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/973 |
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