Wanna play? The role of self-construal when using gadgets to cope with ostracism

Figures & data

Figure 1 Conditional effect of exclusionary status on negative affect (Studies 1 and 2): Without access to a social gadget, participants with independent self-construal indicated more negative affect in response to ostracism than to inclusion; when given access to a social gadget, their negative affect did not differ between inclusion and ostracism.