Measuring Online and Offline Social Rejection Sensitivity in the Digital Age

Andrews, Jack L; Ac, Khin; Crayn, T; Humphreys, Kathryn L.; Schweizer, Susanne

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“…Respondents indicated the extent to which they endorse such items as "I always expect criticism" on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (Strongly disagree) to 3 (Strongly agree). The scale has shown good internal consistency (ωT = 0.90 -0.93) and good convergent validity with symptoms of emotional disorders (r = 0.46 -0.41;Andrews et al, 2021). The O 2 S 3 demonstrated good internal consistency in the current study (ωT = 0.93).…”

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“…Wellbeing Scale (Stewart-Brown et al, 2009). Social rejection sensitivity was measured with the 18-item Online and Offline Social Sensitivity Scale (Andrews et al, 2021). Loneliness was measured with the 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell et al, 1978) and modelled as a latent variable.…”

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“…Online and Offline Social Sensitivity Scale (O 2 S 3 ;Andrews et al, 2021) was used as a measure of social rejection sensitivity. The 18-item scale assesses social rejection sensitivity in both off-and on-line contexts.…”

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Social Determinants of Mental Health During a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Belonging is a basic human need, with social isolation signaling a threat to biological fitness. Sensitivity to ostracism varies across individuals and the lifespan, peaking in adolescence. Government-imposed restrictions upon social interactions during COVID-19 may therefore be particularly detrimental to young people and those most sensitive to ostracism. Participants (N = 2367; 89.95% female, 11-100 years) from three countries with differing levels of government restrictions (Australia, UK, and USA) were surveyed trice at three-month intervals (May 2020 – April 2021). Young people, and those living under the tightest government restrictions, reported the worst mental health, with these inequalities in mental health remaining constant throughout the study period. Further dissection of these results revealed that young people high on social rejection sensitivity reported the most mental health problems at the final assessment. These findings help account for the greater impact of enforced social isolation on young people’s mental health, and open novel avenues for intervention.

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“…As part of exploratory analyses, we will administer the Online and Offline Social Sensitivity Scale [44]; The Health and Social Risk Questionnaire social subscale [45] and the Purpose in Life -Short Form Questionnaire [46]. For details on these scales and proposed exploratory analyses please see the Supplemental Materials.…”

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Protocol for a proof-of-principal study comparing engagement with a gamified versus standard affective control training app targeting emotional wellbeing in adolescents

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IntroductionEmotion regulation is central to mental wellbeing and depends on good affective control. Training affective control has been shown to improve emotion regulation and have downstream benefits on mental health in adolescents. However, uptake and adherence to affective control training in adolescents has been low. In this study, we will explore the potential of a novel gamified affective control training program (G-AffeCT), the Social Brain Train app, to increase training adherence compared to a standard affective control training (AffeCT) program in adolescents.Methods and AnalysisIn total, 144 adolescents aged 13-16 years will train for 12 days on either the G-AffeCT or AffeCT. The G-AffeCT comprises an affective control training component: the dual n-back task. Together with typical gamification (incl. badges and points) a second cognitive interpretation bias modification (CBM-I) component was introduced as social puzzles to make the training more game-like. These puzzles include ambiguous social scenarios that participants must learn to resolve positively. The AffeCT includes only the dual n-back task. The two training groups will be compared on time spent training as well as gains in affective control, interpretation bias, emotion regulation, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Ethics and DisseminationThis study has been approved by the University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee (HC230164). If the G-AffeCT successfully increases training uptake and adherence and improves affective control and emotion regulation in adolescents as predicted, future definitive trials should investigate its utility to prevent and reduce adolescent mental health problems.

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Development of a gamified cognitive training app “Social Brain Train” to enhance adolescent mental health: a participatory design study protocol

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Background: Adolescence is a sensitive period for the onset of mental health disorders. Effective, easy-to-disseminate, scalable prevention and early interventions are urgently needed. Affective control has been proposed as a potential target mechanism. Training affective control has been shown to reduce mental health symptoms and improve emotion regulation. However, uptake and adherence to such training by adolescents has been low. Thus, the current study aims to receive end user (i.e., adolescents) feedback on a prototype of a novel app-based gamified affective control training program, the Social Brain Train. Methods: The proposed study aims to recruit participants aged 13-16 years old (N = 20) to provide user feedback on the Social Brain Train app. The first group of participants (n = 5) will complete an online questionnaire assessing demographics, symptoms of depression and anxiety, social rejection sensitivity and attitudes toward the malleability of cognition and mental health. They will complete two tasks assessing cognitive capacity and interpretation bias. Participants will be then be invited to an online group workshop, where they will be introduced to the app. They will train on the app for three days, and following app usage, participants will complete the aforementioned measures again, as well as provide ratings on app content, and complete a semi-structured interview to obtain in-depth user feedback, which will be used to inform modifications to the app. Following these modifications, a second group of participants (n = 15) will follow the same procedure, except they will train on the app for 14 days. Feedback from both groups of participants will be used to inform the final design. Conclusions: By including young people in the design of the Social Brain Train app, the proposed study will help us to develop a novel mental health intervention that young people find engaging, acceptable, and easy-to-use

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Measuring Online and Offline Social Rejection Sensitivity in the Digital Age

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Social Determinants of Mental Health During a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Determinants of Mental Health During a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Protocol for a proof-of-principal study comparing engagement with a gamified versus standard affective control training app targeting emotional wellbeing in adolescents

Development of a gamified cognitive training app “Social Brain Train” to enhance adolescent mental health: a participatory design study protocol

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