Loss of control as a violation of expectations: Testing the predictions of a common inconsistency compensation approach in an inclusionary cyberball game.

Personal control relies on the expectation that events are contingent upon one's own behavior. A common 'inconsistency compensation approach' posits that a violation of expectancies in social interaction triggers aversive arousal and compensatory effort. Following this approach, we te...

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Main Authors: Michael Niedeggen, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Katharina Schuck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221817