Mildner, J.N. (Judith) (2016) The effects of social deprivation on self-referential and social thought. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Social isolation has many negative consequences for physical as well as mental health. To date, most research on this topic has focused on perceived isolation. The present study investigates the effects of social deprivation, or lack of social presence, on self-referential thought and motivation for sociality. Participants in the isolation condition spent seven hours alone, deprived of social stimuli, while participants in the control condition went about their day as normal. An anthropomorphism measure was presented every two hours, and at the end of the day self-referential thought was assessed in a mind wandering paradigm. After four hours of social deprivation, anthropomorphism increased. Furthermore, participants in the social deprivation condition displayed less self-referential thought during mind wandering compared with controls. Importantly, social deprivation did not affect loneliness. These findings show that social deprivation affects self-referential thought and motivation for social connection, even in the absence of loneliness.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Tamir, D. and Zaal, F. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2022 07:56 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2022 07:56 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3173 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |