Psychological and Biological Validation of a Novel Digital Social Peer Evaluation Experiment (digi-SPEE)

Claudia Menne-Lothmann; Jeroen Decoster; Ruud van Winkel; Dina Collip; Bart P. F. Rutten; Philippe Delespaul; Marc De Hert; Catherine Derom; Evert Thiery; Nele Jacobs; Jim van Os; Marieke Wichers

doi:10.5152/npa.2017.19318

Psychological and Biological Validation of a Novel Digital Social Peer Evaluation Experiment (digi-SPEE)

Claudia Menne-Lothmann, Jeroen Decoster, Ruud van Winkel, Dina Collip, Bart P. F. Rutten, Philippe Delespaul, Marc De Hert, Catherine Derom, Evert Thiery, Nele Jacobs, Jim van Os^*, Marieke Wichers

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Abstract

Introduction: Negative social evaluation is associated with psychopathology. Given the frequency of evaluation through increasingly prevalent virtual social networks, increased understanding of the effects of this social evaluation is urgently required.

Methods: A new digital social peer evaluation experiment (digi-SPEE) was developed to mimic everyday online social interactions between peers. Participants received mildly negative feedback on their appearance, intelligence, and congeniality. Two hundred and forty-one young people [58.9% female, aged 18.9 years (15 to 34)] from an ongoing novel general population twin study participated in this study. Positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), implicit self-esteem, and cortisol were assessed before and after exposure to the social evaluation experiment.

Results: The social evaluation experiment decreased PA (B=-5.25, p

Conclusion: The digi-SPEE represents a social evaluation stressor that elicits biological and implicit and explicit mental changes that are relevant to mechanisms of psychopathology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-10
Number of pages	8
Journal	Noropsikiyatri Arsivi-Archives of Neuropsychiatry
Volume	54
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5152/npa.2017.19318
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Social evaluation
psychological stress
psychopathology
experimental design
cortisol
risk
IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST
SELF-ESTEEM
GENDER-DIFFERENCES
NEGATIVE AFFECT
REJECTION
CORTISOL
RESPONSES
STRESS
EXPERIENCES
ACCEPTANCE

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Menne-Lothmann, C., Decoster, J., van Winkel, R., Collip, D., Rutten, B. P. F., Delespaul, P., De Hert, M., Derom, C., Thiery, E., Jacobs, N., van Os, J., & Wichers, M. (2017). Psychological and Biological Validation of a Novel Digital Social Peer Evaluation Experiment (digi-SPEE). Noropsikiyatri Arsivi-Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 54(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.5152/npa.2017.19318

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