From “love actually” to love, actually: The sociometer takes every kind of fuel

Paravati, Elaine; Naidu, Esha; Gabriel, Shira

doi:10.1080/15298868.2020.1743750

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“…These findings are consistent with our proposal that interpersonal stress, but not academic stress, constitutes a threat to belongingness needs that motivates direct efforts to reaffirm acceptance (see Knowles et al, 2010). Traditional strategies for fulfilling these needs involve spending time with close relationship partners, but recent research proposes that nontraditional strategies such as being a part of a group (despite preexisting social connections to that group) may also be used to restore a sense of acceptance (Paravati et al, 2020). Especially among college students, for whom alcohol consumption is so common (see Schulenberg et al, 2018), drinking with others may be one of the nontraditional strategies that students employ when the social setting involves heavy alcohol use.…”

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Cheers together, but not alone: Peer drinking moderates alcohol consumption following interpersonal stress

Hamilton

Armeli

Tennen

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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In view of the importance of the need to belong in motivating behavior, we examined whether interpersonal and academic stress differentially influence social and solitary alcohol consumption and whether social and solitary alcohol consumption differentially predict next-day interpersonal and academic stress. Based on research suggesting that drinking with friends is related to increased alcohol consumption following belongingness threat, we also examined whether peer consumption moderates associations between daily interpersonal stress and social drinking. Each day for 30 days, 1641 undergraduates reported stress, alcohol consumption, and peer consumption. Academic stress was related to lower levels of social and solitary alcohol consumption. Interpersonal stress was associated with greater social alcohol consumption, but only when students reported being around others who were drinking greater than average peer quantities. However, although social drinking was related to lower next-day academic stress, it was unrelated to next-day interpersonal stress. Findings are consistent with the notion that individuals’ perceptions of peers’ alcohol use might serve as a signal to join in this behavior to reduce belongingness threats associated with interpersonal stressors, although this may not be an effective strategy.

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Cheers together, but not alone: Peer drinking moderates alcohol consumption following interpersonal stress

Hamilton

Armeli

Tennen

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…The fulfillment of the need to belong is associated with a broad range of positive emotions and overall well-being [64,65]. Failure to maintain social relationships results in unfulfilled belonging needs and consequently a wide array of adverse psychological, physical, and pathological outcomes [66,67].…”

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Fear of Missing Out (FOMO): The Effects of the Need to Belong, Perceived Centrality, and Fear of Social Exclusion

Alabri¹

2022

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies

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“Fear of Missing Out” (FOMO) is an all-consuming feeling that is associated with mental and emotional stress. Such strains are caused by a compulsive concern that one is missing an opportunity for a socially rewarding experience often spotted on social media networks. While several personality and psychological factors have been empirically validated as correlated with FOMO, so far, little research has examined the effects of perceived group centrality (i.e., the extent to which group members feel included in the group) and fear of social exclusion on FOMO. Therefore, this study is aimed at examining the mechanism that links these socially driven factors and the need to belong with social media use and, consequently, FOMO, using structural equation modeling. A total of 490 college students ( mean age = 20.56 , SD = 1.44 ) completed a self-reported questionnaire that included measures of FOMO, the need to belong, social media use, perceived centrality, and fear of social exclusion. The need to belong emerged as the best predictor of FOMO, increasing it both directly and indirectly through the significant mediation of social media use. Females reported a greater need to belong and consequently more FOMO. Females also reported greater use of social media and greater perceived group centrality. Perceived centrality increased FOMO through social media use, but this indirect effect was not significant.

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“…To reduce the likelihood of deviation from various social distancing initiatives, it could be advantageous to consider providing oneself supplementary affiliative opportunities that do not require direct interpersonal contact (Paravati et al, 2021). Previous research indicates social surrogacy, often through vicarious relationships between an individual and a media figure (e.g., celebrities, fictional characters, cartoons), are perceived similarly to real relationships by those involved and allow individuals to use surrogate opportunities to simulate physical interactions (De Backer, 2012; Gabriel et al, 2016).…”

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“…For example, reminders of one’s own pets buffer individuals from feelings of loneliness and satisfy basic affiliative needs (McConnell et al, 2011). Going further into relationships, individuals rely on social surrogacy to supplement existing affiliative connections (Gabriel et al, 2016; Paravati et al, 2021). Such parasocial bonds are especially prevalent among individuals with a chronically high desire for social connections (Greenwood & Long, 2009).…”

Section: Tradeoffs In Affiliation and Pathogen Avoidancementioning

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No Evidence for Social Surrogacy in Fostering Intentions to Follow Social Distancing Guidelines

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Abstract. We tested whether temporary social needs satisfaction through social surrogacy would ensure greater willingness to adhere to social distancing recommendations elicited by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were randomly assigned to social exclusion or inclusion via Cyberball ( n = 534) followed by either a social surrogacy manipulation (imagine favorite TV show), or one of two control states. No restorative effects emerged following a social surrogacy prime. An exploratory analysis considering age as a moderator ( MAge = 36.89 years, SD = 10.88, range = 19–70 years) found that excluded adults (i.e., middle and older ages) reported more intentions to deviate following surrogacy experiences relative to control experiences; no effects emerged for younger adults in this analysis. We discuss the limitations of social surrogacy in fostering compliance with social distancing initiatives.

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From “love actually” to love, actually: The sociometer takes every kind of fuel

Cited by 25 publications

References 53 publications

Cheers together, but not alone: Peer drinking moderates alcohol consumption following interpersonal stress

Cheers together, but not alone: Peer drinking moderates alcohol consumption following interpersonal stress

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO): The Effects of the Need to Belong, Perceived Centrality, and Fear of Social Exclusion

No Evidence for Social Surrogacy in Fostering Intentions to Follow Social Distancing Guidelines

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