Psychological and Biological Validation of a Novel Digital Social Peer Evaluation Experiment (digi-SPEE)

Negative social evaluation is associated with psychopathology. Given the frequency of evaluation through increasingly prevalent virtual social networks, increased understanding of the effects of this social evaluation is urgently required. A new digital social peer evaluation experiment (digi-SPEE)...

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Published in:Noro-Psikiyatri Arsivi 2017-03, Vol.54 (1), p.3-10
Main Authors: Menne-Lothmann, Claudia, Decoster, Jeroen, van Winkel, Ruud, Collip, Dina, Rutten, Bart P F, Delespaul, Philippe, De Hert, Marc, Derom, Catherine, Thiery, Evert, Jacobs, Nele, van Os, Jim, Wichers, Marieke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Experiments
Feedback
Gender differences
Handbooks
Hormones
Immunoassay
Laboratories
Peers
Performance evaluation
Personal information
Psychology
Psychology, Pathological
Psychopathology
Self esteem
Social evolution
Social networks
Stress
Teenagers
Twins
Young adults
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Summary:Negative social evaluation is associated with psychopathology. Given the frequency of evaluation through increasingly prevalent virtual social networks, increased understanding of the effects of this social evaluation is urgently required. A new digital social peer evaluation experiment (digi-SPEE) was developed to mimic everyday online social interactions between peers. Participants received mildly negative feedback on their appearance, intelligence, and congeniality. Two hundred and forty-one young people [58.9% female, aged 18.9 years (15 to 34)] from an ongoing novel general population twin study participated in this study. Positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), implicit self-esteem, and cortisol were assessed before and after exposure to the social evaluation experiment. The social evaluation experiment decreased PA (B=-5.25, p
ISSN:1300-0667
1309-4866
DOI:10.5152/npa.2017.19318