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On the Outside Looking In: Loneliness and Social Monitoring
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The skill-deficit view of loneliness posits that unskilled social interactions block lonely individuals from social inclusion. The current studies examine loneliness in relation to social attention and perception processes thought to be important for socially skilled behavior. Two studies investigate the association between social monitoring (attention to social information and cues) and self-reported loneliness and number of close social ties. In Study 1, higher levels of loneliness are related to increased rather than decreased incidental social memory. In Study 2, individuals with fewer reported friends show heightened decoding of social cues in faces and voices. Results of these studies suggest that the attentional and perceptual building blocks of socially skilled behavior remain intact, and perhaps enhanced, in lonely individuals. Implications for recent models of belonging regulation and theories of loneliness are discussed.
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- Authors
- Gardner, W. L., Pickett, C. L., Jefferis, V., & Knowles, M.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-11
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1549-1560
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2142318362
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- loneliness, social monitoring, social attention, social perception, facial expressions, voice perception, social skills, social ties
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Analysis of Variance, Attention, Cues, Emotions, Female, Humans, Loneliness, Male, Psychological Theory, Mental Recall, Semantics, Social Perception, United States, Linear Models, Friends
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