Stillman Tyler F, Baumeister Roy F, Lambert Nathaniel M, Crescioni A Will, Dewall C Nathan, Fincham Frank D
J Exp Soc Psychol. 2009 Jul;45(4):686-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.03.007.
Four studies (N = 643) supported the hypothesis that social exclusion would reduce the global perception of life as meaningful. Social exclusion was manipulated experimentally by having a confederate refuse to meet participants after seeing their videotaped introduction (Study 1) and by ostracizing participants in a computerized ball-tossing game (Study 2). Compared to control condition and acceptance conditions, social exclusion led to perceiving life as less meaningful. Exclusion was also operationalized as self-reported loneliness, which was a better predictor of low meaning than other potent variables (Study 3). Study 4 found support for Baumeister's model of meaning (1991), by demonstrating that the effect of exclusion on meaning was mediated by purpose, value, and positive self-worth.
四项研究(N = 643)支持了这样一种假设,即社会排斥会降低对生活意义的整体认知。在实验中,社会排斥的操控方式包括:在看到参与者的录像自我介绍后,安排一名同谋拒绝与他们见面(研究1),以及在电脑抛球游戏中排斥参与者(研究2)。与控制条件和接纳条件相比,社会排斥导致人们认为生活的意义降低。排斥也通过自我报告的孤独感来衡量,与其他重要变量相比,孤独感是低意义感的更好预测指标(研究3)。研究4通过证明排斥对意义的影响是由目标、价值观和积极的自我价值感介导的,为鲍迈斯特1991年的意义模型提供了支持。