In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 4 ( 2021-4-27), p. e0249326-
Abstract:
We created a novel social feedback paradigm to study how motivation for potential social links is influenced in adolescents and adults. 88 participants (42F/46M) created online posts and then expended physical effort to show their posts to other users, who varied in number of followers and probability of positive feedback. We focused on two populations of particular interest from a social feedback perspective: adolescents relative to young adults (13–17 vs 18–24 years of age), and participants with social anxiety symptoms. Individuals with higher self-reported symptoms of social anxiety did not follow the typical pattern of increased effort to obtain social feedback from high status peers. Adolescents were more willing to exert physical effort on the task than young adults. Overall, participants were more likely to exert physical effort for high social status users and for users likely to yield positive feedback, and men were more likely to exert effort than women, findings that parallel prior results in effort-based tasks with financial rather than social rewards. Together the findings suggest social motivation is malleable, driven by factors of social status and the likelihood of a positive social outcome, and that age, sex, and social anxiety significantly impact patterns of socially motivated decision-making.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0249326
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.g001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.g002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.g003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.t001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s005
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s006
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s007
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s008
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s009
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s010
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.s011
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.r001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.r002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.r003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0249326.r004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2021
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