I don't need your attention: ostracism can narrow the cone of gaze

Psychological Research
Aleksi H SyrjämäkiJari K Hietanen

Abstract

Previous research has shown that ostracized participants seek inclusive cues, such as gaze directed at them, when trying to reaffiliate. However, instead of seeking reinclusion, ostracized individuals may sometimes withdraw from interactions if not offered an opportunity for reaffiliation. In the current study, after an ostracism manipulation with no reaffiliation opportunity, participants judged whether faces portraying direct gaze or slightly averted gaze (2°-8° to the left and to the right) were looking at them or not. Compared to an inclusion group and a non-social control group, ostracized participants accepted a smaller range of gaze directions as being directed at them, i.e., they had a narrower "cone of gaze". The width of the gaze cone was equally wide in the inclusion and control groups. We propose that, without an opportunity for reaffiliation, ostracized participants may start to view other people as particularly unapproachable, possibly indicative of a motivational tendency to disengage from interactions.

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Nov 28, 2018·The British Journal of Social Psychology·Aleksi H Syrjämäki, Jari K Hietanen
Feb 12, 2019·Scientific Reports·Nicolas BurraPascal Vrtička
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Jun 10, 2020·Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin·Dongning RenIlja van Beest
Jun 4, 2019·Frontiers in Psychology·Roberta CapelliniSimona Sacchi
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