TY  - JOUR
AU  - Floyd, Kory
AU  - Woo, Nathan
AU  - Custer, Benjamin
AU  - Dinsmore, Dana
AU  - Duncan, Kaylin
AU  - Maré, Jeannette
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/19
TI  - Examining the Social Signaling and Person Perception Functions of Loneliness
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 119
VL  - 06
IS  - 02
AB  - Loneliness is a common condition that poses substantial risks to morbidity and mortality. Cacioppo and Cacioppo’s [1] evolutionary theory of loneliness (ETL) provides that loneliness serves a social signaling function and also manifests in hypervigilance to threat, which we propose can influence person perception. In this experiment, 480 observers evaluated videotaped self-presentation messages from speakers who scored either high or low on a measure of loneliness. On the basis of ETL, we hypothesized that observers can distinguish between lonely and non-lonely speakers to a greater-than-chance degree and that observers’ own loneliness negatively influences their perceptions of speakers. Both predictions received support, and we identify both theoretic and potential clinical implications of these findings.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202119
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202119
ID  - Floyd2022
ER  -