APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Social Imagining Helps Relieve Some Psychological Challenges of Social Distancing

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Social

  • Qingfeng Ma
    Baruch College - City University of New York
  • Michelle Rojas
    Baruch College, CUNY
  • Anna Lan
    Baruch College - City University of New York
  • Mindy Engle-Friedman
    Baruch College - City University of New York

Abstract

100 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to: 1) the control group - participants imagined and drew pictures of themselves alone, or to: 2) the experimental group - participants imagined and drew pictures of close friends or relatives. Compared with the control group, the experimental group showed reduced negative mood.

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