Does Cyberostracism Reduce Prosocial Behaviors? The Protective Role of Psychological Resilience

Linyu Shi, Hao Li, Lianqiong Huang, Yubo Hou and Lili Song
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Linyu Shi: School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Hao Li: Plateau Brain Science Research Center, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
Lianqiong Huang: School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yubo Hou: School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Lili Song: CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: To reduce the negative consequences of cyberostracism on prosocial behaviors, we developed a coping strategy based on psychological resilience, and revealed its effectiveness in combating the adverse effects of cyberostracism on prosocial behavior through two studies. Study 1 demonstrated that psychological resilience could mitigate the negative impact of cyberostracism on prosocial behaviors through experimental manipulation. By targeting continuously ostracized people with low resilience for an online self-help resilience intervention program, Study 2 confirmed that psychological resilience was effective in alleviating the detrimental effects of cyberostracism. These studies not only help us to recognize the negative effects of cyberostracism, but also extend Williams’ temporal need–threat model of ostracism in the context of online ostracism. As emerging technologies represent a promising new approach to intervention delivery, the most valuable contribution of this study is that we developed an online self-help psychological resilience intervention program that showed encouraging therapeutic effects and advantages for assisting in caring for a larger population of people who are at elevated risk for being cyberostracized.

Keywords: cyberostracism; prosocial behavior; psychological resilience; online self-help intervention; temporal need-threat model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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