Tools

In order to examine effectiveness of intergroup exclusion manipulation, participants are being asked following questions:


  • How many times the ball was thrown between the players?
  • Assuming the ball should be thrown to each player equally (50% of throws to players of each team) what percentage of throws did your national team receive in the Cyberball game?


Participants are being asked to report to what extent they felt ignored or excluded during the Cyberball game:


  • I felt ignored.
  • I felt excluded.


Participants are also being asked to assess to what extent they felt their group was ignored or excluded during the Cyberball game:


  • I felt my group was ignored.
  • I felt my group was excluded.


Exclusion impairs four human needs: self-esteem, control, belonging and meaningful existence. Hence, the last part of manipulation check is the assessment of these four needs wih Need Threat Scale (Williams, 2009).


Belongingness

  • 1. I felt as one with the other players.
  • 2. I had the feeling that I belonged to the group during the game.
  • 3. I did not feel accepted by the other players. R
  • 4. During the game I felt connected with one of more other players.
  • 5. I felt like an outsider during the game. R
Control
  • 1. I had the feeling that I could throw as often as I wanted to the other players.
  • 2. I felt in control over the game.
  • 3. I had the idea that I affected the course of the game.
  • 4. I had the feeling that I could influence the direction of the game.
  • 5. I had the feeling that the other players decided everything. R
Self-Esteem
  • 1. Playing the game made me feel insecure. R
  • 2. I had the feeling that I failed during the game. R
  • 3. I had the idea that I had the same value as the other players.
  • 4. I was concerned about what the other players thought about me during the game. R
  • 5. I had the feeling that the other players did not like me. R
Meaningful Existence
  • 1. During the game it felt as if my presence was not meaningful. R
  • 2. I think it was useless that I participated in the game. R
  • 3. I had the feeling that my presence during the game was important.
  • 4. I think that my participation in the game was useful.
  • 5. I believed that my contribution to the game did not matter. R