Man's Best Friend? The Effects of Being Rejected by a Pet

IF 1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1521/jscp.2020.39.6.498

S. Richman

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Abstract

Introduction: People can be rejected by friends, strangers, hated outgroups, or computer simulations. The present research examines whether people can be rejected by pets. Methods: Two studies examined whether people can feel rejected by pets and how this affects their mood, fundamental needs, and aggression. Participants in Study 1 were directly rejected by a pet using an adapted version of the video message paradigm, and then reported on their mood, fundamental needs, and aggression. Study 2 directly compared differences in needs when writing about a rejection experience by a pet, a rejection experience by a person, and a control experience. Results: Study 1 confirmed that people can feel rejected by their pets by demonstrating that those who were rejected felt more negatively and less positively and had decreased need satisfaction, however they did not experience any changes in their aggression. Finally, in Study 2, people who were rejected by a pet or by a person experienced decreased need satisfaction as compared to a control experience. Discussion: Ultimately, these studies confirm pets can be perpetrators of rejection and such rejection hurts similarly to if a human perpetrated it. This may add to the growing body of research suggesting that pets do not provide uniformly positive effects on people.

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人类最好的朋友?被宠物拒绝的影响

简介：人们可能会被朋友、陌生人、讨厌的外部群体或计算机模拟所拒绝。目前的研究考察了人们是否会被宠物拒绝。方法：两项研究调查了人们是否会感到被宠物拒绝，以及这会如何影响他们的情绪、基本需求和攻击性。研究1中的参与者被宠物使用视频信息范式的改编版本直接拒绝，然后报告他们的情绪、基本需求和攻击性。研究2直接比较了在写宠物的拒绝经历、人的拒绝经历和控制经历时需求的差异。结果：研究1证实，人们可能会感到被宠物拒绝，因为被拒绝的人感觉更消极，更不积极，需求满意度下降，但他们的攻击性没有任何变化。最后，在研究2中，与对照组相比，被宠物或人拒绝的人的需求满意度降低。讨论：最终，这些研究证实，宠物可能是拒绝的肇事者，这种拒绝的伤害与人类实施拒绝的伤害相似。这可能会增加越来越多的研究表明，宠物对人的影响并不一致。

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Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal is devoted to the application of theory and research from social psychology toward the better understanding of human adaptation and adjustment, including both the alleviation of psychological problems and distress (e.g., psychopathology) and the enhancement of psychological well-being among the psychologically healthy. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) traditionally defined psychopathology (e.g., depression), common emotional and behavioral problems in living (e.g., conflicts in close relationships), the enhancement of subjective well-being, and the processes of psychological change in everyday life (e.g., self-regulation) and professional settings (e.g., psychotherapy and counseling). Articles reporting the results of theory-driven empirical research are given priority, but theoretical articles, review articles, clinical case studies, and essays on professional issues are also welcome. Articles describing the development of new scales (personality or otherwise) or the revision of existing scales are not appropriate for this journal.