Erdem O Meral
Biographic Data
| ID | 6027537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erdem O Meral |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erdem |
| FAMILY NAME | O Meral |
| SIGNATURE | MERAL E O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6326-7840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
More Biased, Yet More Informed? Documenting Me-Search Stigma Primarily Linked to Researchers’ Own Group Memberships
“Me-searchers” study topics directly or indirectly relevant to themselves—such as social groups they belong to—and are often stigmatized as being more biased (though sometimes more informed) than those researching topics unrelated to their own experience. This study explores how queer and straight researchers are perceived when studying anti-queer bias or other topics through three pre-registered experiments ( N = 823). When both studied anti-que…
Coping With Ostracism Over Time
Ostracism, feeling ignored and excluded, causes social pain and lowers well-being. People cope with ostracism in various ways. However, past studies on coping with ostracism often focused on one specific behavior (e.g., aggression), measured at a single time point. Such designs limit our understanding of the diversity and temporal trajectory of coping behaviors. We used a time-contingent sampling method with two additional follow-up assessments t…
Do targets of ostracism truthfully communicate their emotional reactions to sources
Ostracism triggers negative emotions such as sadness, anger, and hurt feelings. Do targets of ostracism truthfully share their emotions with the sources of ostracism? Drawing on past research on social-functional accounts of emotions and interpersonal emotion regulation, we investigated the possibility that targets may misrepresent their emotions (i.e., gaming emotions). We conducted three experiments (N = 1058; two pre-registered) using an onlin…
Intensity, intent, and ambiguity
Using both correlational and experimental designs across four studies ( N = 1251 working individuals), the current project aimed to contribute to the understanding of workplace ostracism by studying two research questions. First, we tested whether the subjective experience of targets reflects the current theorizing of ostracism. Second, drawing from the transactional theory of stress and coping, we investigated whether this subjective experience …
Raising awareness about social exclusion in schools through experiential learning
The anticipated social cost of disclosing a rejection experience
Social rejection is a negative experience. Disclosing this experience to others may be beneficial for the target but may also entail costs if the audience reacts negatively. Across five pre‐registered studies ( N = 1120), we investigated how people may feel an urge to disclose a certain hypothetical rejection experience, but, depending on anticipated costs and benefits, may be reluctant to do so. The results reveal that when considering disclosin…
The anticipated social cost of disclosing a rejection experience
Social rejection is a negative experience. Disclosing this experience to others may be beneficial for the target but may also entail costs if the audience reacts negatively. Across five pre‐registered studies ( N = 1120), we investigated how people may feel an urge to disclose a certain hypothetical rejection experience, but, depending on anticipated costs and benefits, may be reluctant to do so. The results reveal that when considering disclosin…
The anticipated social cost of disclosing a rejection experience
Social rejection is a negative experience. Disclosing this experience to others may be beneficial for the target but may also entail costs if the audience reacts negatively. Across five pre‐registered studies ( N = 1120), we investigated how people may feel an urge to disclose a certain hypothetical rejection experience, but, depending on anticipated costs and benefits, may be reluctant to do so. The results reveal that when considering disclosin…
Raising awareness about social exclusion in schools through experiential learning
Do targets of ostracism truthfully communicate their emotional reactions to sources
Ostracism triggers negative emotions such as sadness, anger, and hurt feelings. Do targets of ostracism truthfully share their emotions with the sources of ostracism? Drawing on past research on social-functional accounts of emotions and interpersonal emotion regulation, we investigated the possibility that targets may misrepresent their emotions (i.e., gaming emotions). We conducted three experiments (N = 1058; two pre-registered) using an onlin…
Intensity, intent, and ambiguity
Using both correlational and experimental designs across four studies ( N = 1251 working individuals), the current project aimed to contribute to the understanding of workplace ostracism by studying two research questions. First, we tested whether the subjective experience of targets reflects the current theorizing of ostracism. Second, drawing from the transactional theory of stress and coping, we investigated whether this subjective experience …
More Biased, Yet More Informed? Documenting Me-Search Stigma Primarily Linked to Researchers’ Own Group Memberships
“Me-searchers” study topics directly or indirectly relevant to themselves—such as social groups they belong to—and are often stigmatized as being more biased (though sometimes more informed) than those researching topics unrelated to their own experience. This study explores how queer and straight researchers are perceived when studying anti-queer bias or other topics through three pre-registered experiments ( N = 823). When both studied anti-que…
Coping With Ostracism Over Time
Ostracism, feeling ignored and excluded, causes social pain and lowers well-being. People cope with ostracism in various ways. However, past studies on coping with ostracism often focused on one specific behavior (e.g., aggression), measured at a single time point. Such designs limit our understanding of the diversity and temporal trajectory of coping behaviors. We used a time-contingent sampling method with two additional follow-up assessments t…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (5 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 works) · Ostracism (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Anger (1 work)