Social pain and the role of imagined social consequences: Why personal adverse experiences elicit social pain, with or without explicit relational devaluation

Hudd, Taylor; Moscovitch, David A.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104121

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“…First, the nature and degree of social pain generated by the online Cyberball task may not have resembled the pain that individuals tend to experience when their feelings are hurt within their close relationships. Although Cyberball has been shown across multiple previous studies to be a reliable method for eliciting the pain of exclusion and amplifying perceptions of relational devaluation (e.g., Hartgerink et al, 2015 ; Hudd & Moscovitch, 2020 ; Zadro et al, 2006 ), researchers have suggested that relational devaluation is often even more painful in close relationship contexts or in contexts where the perceived reason for being rejected could hold personally relevant implications (Hudd & Moscovitch, 2021 ; Leary et al, 1998 ; Romero-Canyas et al, 2010 ). Thus, the social pain literature could benefit from future studies that directly capture an individual’s in-situ responses to painful interpersonal events and how they might vary as a function relational closeness (e.g., Laws et al, 2017 ).…”

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Reconnecting in the Face of Exclusion: Individuals with High Social Anxiety May Feel the Push of Social Pain, but not the Pull of Social Rewards

Hudd

Moscovitch

2021

Cogn Ther Res

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Background Previous research has shown that high levels of trait social anxiety (SA) disrupt the social repair processes following a painful social exclusion, but the cognitive mechanisms involved in these processes and how trait SA may disrupt them remain unknown. Methods We conducted a preregistered study on Prolific participants ( N = 452) who were assigned to experience either social exclusion or inclusion and were then exposed to follow-up opportunities for social reconnection. Results Moderated mediation analyses revealed that irrespective of levels of SA, participants responded to social pain with heightened approach motivation and greater downstream positive affect. Exploratory analyses revealed that heightened desire to affiliate was driven by increased curiosity and attention to social rewards. Moreover, higher SA was associated with lower overall desire to affiliate and this relationship between SA and affiliation was mediated by diminished reward responsiveness. Conclusions Findings highlight the roles of goal pursuit and social reward responsiveness in social repair and how high levels of trait SA may disrupt these processes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10608-021-10263-z.

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Reconnecting in the Face of Exclusion: Individuals with High Social Anxiety May Feel the Push of Social Pain, but not the Pull of Social Rewards

Hudd

Moscovitch

2021

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“…High fear of recurrence of the cancer is associated with poorer quality of life, higher levels of distress, and greater functional impairment. Psychosocial and physical pain tend to covary, and patients having elevated pain in both domains also tend to have higher mortality rates ( 21 ). There is evidence that psychosocial pain is perceived more negatively than physical pain ( 22 ).…”

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Social relationships and relational pain in brain tumor patients and their partners

Boccia

2022

Front. Pain Res.

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Partners play an important role in both the general well-being and the care needs of patients. The dynamic between brain tumor treatment and patients’ families is a complex bidirectional relationship. Cancer diagnosis and treatments which leave patients compromised impact the nature and quality of their relationships, and these in turn impact the ability of their partners to care for them. This paper will review the nature of the impact of diagnosis and treatment on relationships and how couples and families respond to the disruption of cancer treatments. The impact of how emotional and social pain effect their relationships and their ability to engage in care will be addressed.

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“…Neuroscientific studies suggest that experiences isolating individuals from their social environment cause pain as intense as physical wounds, thirst, and hunger (Zhang et al, 2019). Even the mere thought of the consequences of personal failure can cause social pain (Hudd & Moscovitch, 2021). Williams (2009) proposed a temporal need-threat model that describes the observable response variants of individuals who attempt to understand and recover from the social wounds of ostracism.…”

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Cancelled: Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on the Mental Condition of Instagram Users

Yusainy,

Putri,

Fadliilah

et al. 2023

psy

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This study aims to determine the effect of social media cancellation or cyber-ostracism on the mental condition of Instagram users based on the temporal need-threat model, as well as to assess the potential role of trait mindfulness in managing its negative effects. University student participants (M age = 21.248; SD = 1.21) were divided into cyber-ostracism scenario (n = 180) versus inclusion scenario (n = 179) groups and were required to complete the mood, four basic needs, and trait mindfulness scales. The results showed that cyber-ostracism had greater impact on the threat of the four basic needs compared to the mood of participants. Furthermore, trait mindfulness was found to predict lower threats to the needs of belonging, control, and meaningful existence, but not to self-esteem. The results also showed that the inclusion of trait mindfulness reduced the influence of cyber-ostracism on the fulfillment of control needs. These findings are expected to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of cyber-ostracism and its emotional effects, as well as bridge the gap between the public phenomenon of cancel culture and ostracism literature.

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Social pain and the role of imagined social consequences: Why personal adverse experiences elicit social pain, with or without explicit relational devaluation

Cited by 7 publications

References 45 publications

Reconnecting in the Face of Exclusion: Individuals with High Social Anxiety May Feel the Push of Social Pain, but not the Pull of Social Rewards

Reconnecting in the Face of Exclusion: Individuals with High Social Anxiety May Feel the Push of Social Pain, but not the Pull of Social Rewards

Social relationships and relational pain in brain tumor patients and their partners

Cancelled: Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on the Mental Condition of Instagram Users

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