Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college: The role of entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance

Danny Rahal; Melissa R. Fales; Martie G. Haselton; George M. Slavich; Theodore F. Robles

doi:10.1111/sode.12569

journal article Nov 22, 2021

Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college: The role of entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance

Danny Rahal

Melissa R. Fales Martie G. Haselton George M. Slavich

Theodore F. Robles

Social Development Vol. 31 No. 3 pp. 568-586 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractAlthough many emerging adults feel lonely and struggle to gain status during the college transition, it remains unclear whether certain personality traits facilitate this transition. Using a longitudinal design, we investigated whether status‐related traits—namely, entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance—related to the development of status in 91 first‐year college students (Mage = 18.15, SD = 0.44) transitioning to a novel college environment. We also examined whether status‐related personality traits moderated the degree to which status related to loneliness. As hypothesized, only students high in intrasexual competitiveness experienced increases in subjective dorm status across the year. In addition, students exhibiting average or low entitlement experienced decreases in loneliness over time, whereas high entitlement was related to consistently low loneliness. Finally, higher subjective dorm status was related to lower loneliness only for less dominant students, as assessed by both self‐ratings of trait dominance and raters’ judgments of facial dominance from photographs. Using a real‐world context of status development, these results suggest that status‐related personality traits may influence students’ ability to experience higher status and modulate the relation between subjective status and loneliness.

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Published: Nov 22, 2021
Vol/Issue: 31(3)
Pages: 568-586
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Authors

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Danny Rahal

Department of Psychology University of California Los Angeles California USA

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Melissa R. Fales

Department of Psychology University of California Los Angeles California USA

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Martie G. Haselton

Department of Psychology University of California Los Angeles California USA; Institute for Society and Genetics University of California Los Angeles California USA; Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture University of California Los Angeles California USA

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George M. Slavich

Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology University of California Los Angeles California USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences University of California Los Angeles California USA

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Theodore F. Robles

Department of Psychology University of California Los Angeles California USA

Funding

National Institutes of Health Award: K08 MH103443

Cite This Article

Danny Rahal, Melissa R. Fales, Martie G. Haselton, et al. (2021). Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college: The role of entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance. Social Development, 31(3), 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12569

Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college: The role of entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance

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