2023
The effects of social belonging and kindness on stress and well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal experiment
Nelson‐Coffey S, Layous K, Coffey J, Mayes L. The effects of social belonging and kindness on stress and well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal experiment. Social And Personality Psychology Compass 2023, 17 DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotionsLongitudinal experimentSelf-directed strategiesPre-registered hypothesesPandemic-related stressImproved life satisfactionLong-term stressorsNegative emotionsPerceived stressEmotional benefitsLife satisfactionEmotionsSignificant stressorsSocial belongingPreliminary evidenceCOVID-19 pandemicStressorsKindnessMore researchAffirmationPeople's livesAnxietyLonelinessParticipantsSatisfaction
2009
Exclusion and micro-rejection: event-related potential response predicts mitigated distress
Crowley MJ, Wu J, McCarty ER, David DH, Bailey CA, Mayes LC. Exclusion and micro-rejection: event-related potential response predicts mitigated distress. Neuroreport 2009, 20: 1518-1522. PMID: 19829163, PMCID: PMC4457507, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e328330377a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAffectAssociation LearningBrain MappingCerebral CortexCognitionConcept FormationElectroencephalographyEmotionsEvoked PotentialsFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleNeuropsychological TestsPrefrontal CortexPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeRejection, PsychologySocial IsolationSocial PerceptionStress, PsychologicalYoung AdultConceptsEvent-related potentialsDense-array event-related potentialsExclusion eventsNeural activityEvent-related potential responsesMedial frontal cortical regionsBall-tossing gameSelf-reported distressFrontal cortical regionsPerceptual processesNeural basisIndividual differencesNeural responsesSimilar distressCortical regionsDistressYoung adultsSlow wave activityFair playPlayParticipantsPotential responseAdultsAssociationGame