Positivity in peer perceptions over time: Personality explains variation at zero-acquaintance, popularity explains differential change.

Rau, Richard; Carlson, Erika N.; Dufner, Michael; Geukes, Katharina; Kraft, Livia; Krause, Sascha; Nikoleizig, Lucie; Nestler, Steffen; Back, Mitja D.

doi:10.1037/pspp0000407

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“…Individual trajectories of meta-liking averages across the four measurement points in the interaction of 90 randomly selected participants. (Rau et al, 2022;Srivastava et al, 2010), showing that metaliking of adolescents displays a similar pattern. It appears that meta-liking is relatively stable within first social interactions, but there is room for adapting one's perception as new information becomes available.…”

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“…The Role of Personality in Initial Meta-Liking and Changes in Meta-Liking A person's unique personality plays a central role in how they perceive themselves and others around them in social contexts (Back, Baumert, et al, 2011;Breil et al, 2019;Cuperman & Ickes, 2009;Rau et al, 2022). Tendencies to perceive their social environment, behave toward others, and feel about others give rise to certain expectations that people bring with them to social interactions.…”

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I think you might like me: Emergence and change of meta-liking in initial social interactions.

Bleckmann,

Rau,

Carlson

et al. 2024

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Feeling accepted by others is a fundamental human motive and an important marker of successful social interactions. This interpersonal perception, known as meta-liking, is especially relevant during adolescence, when peer relationships deepen and expand. However, knowledge is limited regarding meta-liking formation in initial social interactions. This study investigated whether adolescents (N = 293, M age = 15.48, 61.10% female) have default expectations for meta-liking at zero acquaintance and how these judgments are updated during initial group interactions. Specifically, we used latent change models to examine how personality traits predicted initial meta-liking and whether personality and social interaction experiences were linked to changes in meta-liking judgments throughout an interaction. Our findings revealed three key insights: First, meta-liking increased gradually over the course of the interaction, with substantial individual differences in both default meta-liking and change scores. Second, extraversion, neuroticism, and self-esteem predicted initial meta-liking. Third, liking others was also linked to initial meta-liking and early changes, while meta-liking changes toward the end of the interaction occurred independent of all these features and were not predicted by expressive behaviors of interaction partners. This study represents a first empirical test of default expectations and updates in meta-liking based on personality characteristics and social interaction experiences in initial social interactions. We discuss our results in terms of a broader framework for understanding how metaperceptions are formed and updated early in the acquaintance process.

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I think you might like me: Emergence and change of meta-liking in initial social interactions.

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Carlson

et al. 2024

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…This could be done by using a two-step approach where SRM effects are extracted separately for each measurement time point and are then treated as observed variables in latent growth models or autoregressive models (cf. Rau et al, 2019; Rau et al, 2022) or by applying longitudinal social relations structural equation modeling (Nestler et al, 2022).…”

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Applying multimodal social relations analyses in personality pathology research.

Rau¹,

Zimmermann²,

Back³

2023

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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In this article, we introduce multimodal social relations analysis as a powerful tool for studying personality pathology that tackles several important limitations of existing research. By implementing a design in which groups of participants provide repeated ratings as they interact, researchers can gather data on individuals' mutual perceptions, affective experiences, and interpersonal behaviors in naturalistic social contexts. We demonstrate how the social relations model can be used to analyze and make conceptual sense of these complex, dyadic data and showcase how this may be used to address not only the experiences and behaviors of individuals diagnosed with a personality disorder but also the reactions these individuals evoke in others. We provide recommendations as to what settings and measures might be best suited when designing a study that applies multimodal social relations analysis, and we discuss practical and theoretical implications as well as possible extensions to this method.

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“…A detailed description of the study design and a comprehensive list of all measures can be found in the study codebook. Two investigations on different research topics have thus far also analyzed LeiCo data (Grosz et al, 2020; Rau et al, 2021). Only the measures that are relevant for the current research question will be described here.…”

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Motive-Specific Affective Contingencies and Their Relevance for Personality and Motivated Behavior

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Individuals differ in the tendency to derive pleasure out of motive-specific incentives, such as being socially included or attaining power. Multiple theoretical approaches have proposed that such motive-specific positive affective contingencies (PACs) are central building blocks of motive dispositions and personality more broadly. In the current research, we put this claim to test and investigated individual differences with regard to motive-specific PACs in the affiliation and power domains. We measured PACs via spontaneous emotional reactions to motive-specific cues, as assessed by affect ratings and electromyographic (EMG) recordings of smile responses. Both of these PAC operationalizations were highly internally consistent and moderately to highly stable across time. Furthermore, motive-specific PACs were linked in a manner consistent with theory to measures of motive dispositions and to personality traits with motivational underpinnings (i.e., extraversion, agreeableness, and narcissism). Finally, in the affiliation domain, motive-specific PACs were linked to objectively assessed, key motivational outcomes (i.e., attentional orientation, behavior in daily life, and in the laboratory). Taken together, the findings underscore the relevance of affective contingencies for the understanding of personality and motivated behavior.

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Positivity in peer perceptions over time: Personality explains variation at zero-acquaintance, popularity explains differential change.

Cited by 15 publications

References 46 publications

I think you might like me: Emergence and change of meta-liking in initial social interactions.

I think you might like me: Emergence and change of meta-liking in initial social interactions.

Applying multimodal social relations analyses in personality pathology research.

Motive-Specific Affective Contingencies and Their Relevance for Personality and Motivated Behavior

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