Most people have experienced loneliness and have been able to overcome it to reconnect
with other people. In the current review, we provide a life-span perspective on one …

This paper examines how users of anthropomorphised artificially intelligent (AI) agents,
which possess capabilities to mimic humanlike behaviour, relate psychologically to such …

Purpose As celebrity endorsements have extended from traditional media to social media,
the role of celebrities has been amplified and celebrities have been able to establish …

Empathy features a tension between automaticity and context dependency. On the one
hand, people often take on each other's internal states reflexively and outside of awareness …

Adolescents are often described as a strange and different species that behaves like no
other age group, typical behaviours being excessive risk-taking and sensitivity to peer …

Nine studies examined the construct validity of the Need to Belong Scale. The desire for
acceptance and belonging correlated with, but was distinct from, variables that involve a …

The idea that social motivation deficits play a central role in Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD) has recently gained increased interest. This constitutes a shift in autism research …

The motivation to seek social contact may arise from either positive or negative emotional
states, as social interaction can be rewarding and social isolation can be aversive. While …

American universities increasingly admit first-generation college students whose parents do
not have 4-year degrees. Once admitted, these students tend to struggle academically …

Sense of belonging to math—one's feelings of membership and acceptance in the math
domain—was established as a new and an important factor in the representation gap …