Unfortunate First Names

IF 3.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Psychological and Personality Science Pub Date : 2012-09-01 DOI:10.1177/1948550611431644

Jochen E. Gebauer, M. Leary, Wiebke Neberich

引用次数: 29

Abstract

Can negative first names cause interpersonal neglect? Study 1 (N = 968) compared extremely negatively named online-daters with extremely positively named online-daters. Study 2 (N = 4,070) compared less extreme groups—namely, online-daters with somewhat unattractive versus somewhat attractive first names. Study 3 (N = 6,775) compared online-daters with currently popular versus currently less popular first names, while controlling for name-popularity at birth. Across all studies, negatively named individuals were more neglected by other online-daters, as indicated by fewer first visits to their dating profiles. This form of neglect arguably mirrors a name-based life history of neglect, discrimination, prejudice, or even ostracism. Supporting this argument, neglect mediated the relation between negative names and lower self-esteem, more frequent smoking, and less education. These results are consistent with the name-based interpersonal neglect hypothesis: Negative names evoke negative interpersonal reactions, which in turn influence people’s life outcomes for the worse.

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不幸的名字

消极的名字会导致人际忽视吗?研究1 (N = 968)比较了极负盛名的在线约会者和极负盛名的在线约会者。研究2 (N = 4070)比较了不那么极端的两组人，即名字不怎么吸引人的在线约会者和名字吸引人的在线约会者。研究3 (N = 6,775)比较了在线约会者目前流行的名字和目前不太流行的名字，同时控制了出生时名字的流行程度。在所有的研究中，负面名字的人更容易被其他在线约会者忽视，这表明他们的约会资料第一次访问的次数更少。可以说，这种形式的忽视反映了以名字为基础的忽视、歧视、偏见甚至排斥的生活史。支持这一论点的是，忽视在负面名字与较低自尊、更频繁吸烟和教育程度较低之间起到中介作用。这些结果与基于名字的人际忽视假说是一致的:负面的名字会引起负面的人际反应，进而影响人们的生活结果。

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Social Psychological and Personality Science PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

12.50

自引率

1.80%

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