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The cold glow of success: Responses to social rejection as affected by attitude similarity between the rejected and chosen individuals
Author(s) -
Nadler Arie,
Jazwinski Chris,
Lau Sing,
Miller Arden
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420100305
Subject(s) - psychology , similarity (geometry) , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , relevance (law) , developmental psychology , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science , political science , law , image (mathematics)
Studied the effects of attitudinal similarity between two males on reactions to social rejection by a female. Sixty‐five male undergraduate students had met an attitudinally similar or dissimilar male confederate. Later a female confederate either chose or did not choose the male confederate as a work partner. Following that, measures designed to tap subjects affective state and self evaluations were administered. Two way interactions for affect and self evaluations (p < 0.01 and p 7lt; 0.05 respectively) indicate that, relative to a control group, only subjects whose similar male partner was chosen expressed unfavorable affect and self‐evaluations. The relevance of these findings for the affective consequences of social comparison processes is discussed.