dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | De Mulder, H.N.M | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Coopmans, P.H.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nieuwburg, E.G.I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-18T17:00:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-18T17:00:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/21101 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study explores the effects of cognitive reappraisal in the context of ostracism. We argue that this emotion regulation strategy is mediated by language, as it involves formulating a reinterpretation of an emotional situation. We investigated the effects of reappraisals with different linguistic contents on the experience of social exclusion in a virtual ball game. Emotional responding of forty participants was compared in four conditions, in which they were given 1) a reappraisal with a positive content, 2) a reappraisal with a negative content, 3) a non-emotional linguistic load or 4) no specific instruction. A significant result was found for the participants’ judgement of the other players in the game: the excluders were rated less friendly in the negative reappraisal condition and the no-instruction condition. We conclude that linguistic content influences the effectiveness of cognitive reappraisal: a reappraisal with a non-negative (i.e. neutral or positive) content is more advantageous for the relationship with the excluders than a negative reappraisal. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 441422 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | What to say when they won't let you play? The effectiveness of cognitive reappraisal on social exclusion | |
dc.type.content | Bachelor Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Cyberball, Cognitive reappraisal, Galvanic Skin Response, Ostracism | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Taalwetenschap | |