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Running head: RISK AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
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Social Exclusion Decreases Risk-Taking
Vitaliya Droutman
University of Southern California
Object Description
| Title | Social exclusion decreases risk-taking |
| Author | Droutman, Vitaliya |
| Author email | vdroutman@gmail.com;droutman@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-11-28 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-28 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-28 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-28 |
| Date published | 2012-11-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Read, Stephen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Bechara, Antoine Monterosso, John |
| Abstract | Understanding risky behavior in social contexts is critical to developing a comprehensive theory of adolescent decision making. This study examines the effect of social exclusion on risky decision making and the relationships between risk taking and rejection sensitivity, urgency and mindfulness personality traits. The Cyberball task was utilized to induce the experience of social exclusion. Following this manipulation, risky decision-making was assessed with the CUPS Task, a simple computer gambling game. The study concluded with an on-line, self-report questionnaire that measured individual differences in the above personality traits and included a social exclusion manipulation check. We found that subjects who were socially excluded were less likely to take gambles. The results suggest that social exclusion reduces risk-taking, and that the trait of positive urgency is a significant predictor of risk taking in the gain domain. We discuss the relationship of these findings to recent findings that suggest that adolescents tend to be riskier when in the presence of peers. |
| Keyword | risk; social exclusion; risky decision-making; insula; insular cortex; risk taking |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Droutman, Vitaliya |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-DroutmanVi-1366.pdf |
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| Full text | Running head: RISK AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION 1 Social Exclusion Decreases Risk-Taking Vitaliya Droutman University of Southern California |
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