TY - JOUR
T1 - Life seems different with you around
T2 - Differential shifts in cognitive appraisal in the mere presence of others for neuroticism and impression management
AU - Uziel, Liad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - How does mere social presence affect cognitive processes? The extant literature has focused on the impact of social presence on cognitive resources. The present study extends this work by focusing on the positivity of cognitive appraisal. Building on recent findings it was predicted that the traits neuroticism and impression management will differentially moderate the effect, such that neuroticism will be associated with a negative shift in appraisal, and impression management with a positive shift. In an experiment, participants (N = 158) formed evaluations of life events either alone or in social presence. The results supported the predictions. The findings advance the knowledge about the effect of social presence on cognition, and about the role of personality in moderating responses in public social contexts.
AB - How does mere social presence affect cognitive processes? The extant literature has focused on the impact of social presence on cognitive resources. The present study extends this work by focusing on the positivity of cognitive appraisal. Building on recent findings it was predicted that the traits neuroticism and impression management will differentially moderate the effect, such that neuroticism will be associated with a negative shift in appraisal, and impression management with a positive shift. In an experiment, participants (N = 158) formed evaluations of life events either alone or in social presence. The results supported the predictions. The findings advance the knowledge about the effect of social presence on cognition, and about the role of personality in moderating responses in public social contexts.
KW - Cognitive appraisal
KW - Impression management
KW - Neuroticism
KW - Social facilitation
KW - Social presence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908010178&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.023
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.023
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SN - 0191-8869
VL - 73
SP - 39
EP - 43
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -