Behavioral and neural responses to social exclusion in women: the role of facial attractiveness and friendliness.

ABSTRACT: The behavioral and neural responses to social exclusion were examined in women randomized to four conditions, varying in levels of attractiveness and friendliness. Informed by evolutionary theory, we predicted that being socially excluded by attractive unfriendly women would be more distressing than being excluded by unattractive women, irrespective of their friendliness level. Our results contradicted most of our predictions but provide important insights into women's responses to interpersonal conflict. Accounting for rejection sensitivity, P300 event-related potential amplitudes were largest when women were excluded by unattractive unfriendly women. This may be due to an expectancy violation or an annoyance with being excluded by women low on social desirability. An examination of anger

SUBMITTER: Vaillancourt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11219880 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature