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  1. Ambiguity potentiates effects of loneliness on feelings of rejection.Anita Restrepo, Karen E. Smith, Emily M. Silver & Greg Norman - forthcoming - Cognition and Emotion.
    For social species, having strong and high-quality social relationships is an important safety cue. Loneliness occurs when an individual perceives they have insufficient relationships resulting in feelings of lack of safety. States of perceived unsafety are linked to an increased tendency to construe ambiguous information – information lacking a unique clear interpretation – as threatening. Here, we explore whether the ambiguity of social cues of interpersonal rejection moderates effects of loneliness on feelings of rejection while undergoing social exclusion. Data were (...)
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