Effects of an open-label placebo intervention on reactions to social exclusion in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Social exclusion, that is being left out by others, can have adverse consequences for individuals' psychological well-being. Even short-term experiences of social exclusion strongly threaten basic psychological needs and cause so-called social pain. Prior research suggests an overlap between the experience of social and physical pain that, amongst others, is reflected by the effectiveness of physical pain treatments in alleviating social pain. Drawing upon these prior findings, we here explore whether open-label placebos, which have previously been found to be effective in reducing physical pain, can alleviate social pain following social exclusion. Seventy-four healthy participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions in a 2 × 2 between-subjects design: First, they either rece

SUBMITTER: Stumpp L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10505215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature