Büttner, Christiane Marie. Ostracism in everyday life: unprecedented insights through experience sampling. 2024, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Psychology.
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Abstract
This thesis leverages experience sampling as an innovative approach to investigate real-life experiences of ostracism (i.e., being ignored and excluded), filling gaps left by traditional survey and experimental approaches. In three projects, I explore the frequency, behavioral responses, risk factors, and perceived reasons for everyday ostracism. First, I discuss how Büttner, Ren et al. (2024) use event-contingent and time-contingent experience sampling to quantify ostracism frequency in daily life. Further, this project investigates the behaviors that follow ostracism. Büttner, Ren et al. (2024) propose and find support for a framework suggesting that the severity of need threat after ostracism influences whether individuals approach, avoid, or behave antisocially towards others. In the second project, Büttner, Rudert, & Kachel (2024) identify sexual minorities as a group that is particularly at risk for experiencing frequent ostracism. A complementing experiment reveals that the reason why sexual minorities frequently face ostracism is their deviation from gender-role expectations. Finally, Büttner & Greifeneder (2024) investigate how depression critically shapes targets’ frequency, experience, and attribution of ostracism. Depressed individuals not only experience more frequent everyday ostracism and exhibit heightened need threat responses; their depression also leads to maladaptive attributions of ostracism. Together, the three presented projects underscore the value of experience sampling in providing nuanced insights into the psychological impact of real-life ostracism. Traditional survey and experimental approaches alone are insufficient to capture the dynamics and the pervasive, immediate impact of ostracism in everyday life, but experience sampling bridges this gap. The presented projects not only deepen the empirical understanding of ostracism but also set a precedent for future research and practical applications to mitigate the effects of ostracism through targeted interventions.
Advisors: | Greifeneder, Rainer |
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Committee Members: | Rudert, Selma Carolin |
Faculties and Departments: | 07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Sozialpsychologie (Greifeneder) |
UniBasel Contributors: | Büttner, Christiane M and Greifeneder, Rainer and Rudert, Selma Carolin |
Item Type: | Thesis |
Thesis Subtype: | Doctoral Thesis |
Thesis no: | 15544 |
Thesis status: | Complete |
Number of Pages: | 1 Band (verschiedene Seitenzählungen) |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 05:30 |
Deposited On: | 04 Dec 2024 10:07 |
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