SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN ACCEPTED, REJECTED, AND MIXED STATUS DYADS
Abstract
Forty same sex dyads were separated into three groups (accepted, rejected, and mixed status) on the basis of their scores on the Likability and Rejection scales of the Pupil Evaluation Inventory (Pekarik, Prinz, Liebert, Weintraub, & Neale, 1976). These dyads participated in a ten minute video-taped interaction which was separated into three segments: a waiting period, a cooperative task, and a conversational period. Observational recording of six micro behaviors (talk time, gestures, gaze, smiles, posture and laughs) as well as ratings of physical attractiveness and intensity, and observational counts of cooperation were obtained from these tapes. These data were subjected to a 2 (sex) x 3 (status) x 3 (segment) MANOVA, with sex and status as between group factors and segment as a within group factor. In addition, intra-class correlations were computed to determine the inter-behavior relationships among the micro variables, and chi square analyses were performed to determine the differences in patterns of behavior across sex and status groups. The results indicated a number of significant effects for both the multivariate and chi square analyses. Univariate tests for the attractiveness, intensity, and cooperation measures indicated a significant status effect for the variable of intensity. These results are interpreted in terms of the developmental literature on social behavior, as well as the data on face-to-face interactions provided by Duncan and Fiske (1977). Suggestions for future research are offered.
Degree
Ph.D.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy
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