Feeling accepted by others is a fundamental human motive and an important marker of successful social interactions. This interpersonal perception, known as meta-liking, is especially relevant during adolescence, when peer relationships deepen and expand. However, knowledge is limited regarding meta-liking formation in initial social interactions. This study investigated whether adolescents (N = 293, Mage = 15.48, 61.10% female) have default expectations for meta-liking at zero acquaintance and how these judgments are updated during initial group interactions. Specifically, we used latent change models to examine how personality traits predicted initial meta-liking and whether personality and social interaction experiences were linked to changes in meta-liking judgments throughout an interaction. Our findings revealed three key insights: First, meta-liking increased gradually over the course of the interaction, with substantial individual differences in both default meta-liking and change scores. Second, extraversion, neuroticism, and self-esteem predicted initial meta-liking. Third, liking others was also linked to initial meta-liking and early changes, while meta-liking changes toward the end of the interaction occurred independent of all these features and were not predicted by expressive behaviors of interaction partners. This study represents a first empirical test of default expectations and updates in meta-liking based on personality characteristics and social interaction experiences in initial social interactions. We discuss our results in terms of a broader framework for understanding how metaperceptions are formed and updated early in the acquaintance process. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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我想你可能会喜欢我：初始社交互动中元喜欢的出现和变化。


感觉被他人接受是人类的基本动机，也是成功社交互动的重要标志。这种被称为元喜欢的人际感知在青春期尤其相关，因为此时同伴关系会加深和扩大。然而，关于初始社交互动中元喜欢形成的知识是有限的。本研究调查了青少年 （N = 293， Mage = 15.48， 61.10% 女性） 是否在零熟人时对元喜欢有默认期望，以及这些判断在最初的群体互动中是如何更新的。具体来说，我们使用潜在变化模型来检查人格特征如何预测初始元喜欢，以及人格和社会互动体验是否与整个互动过程中元喜欢判断的变化有关。我们的研究结果揭示了三个关键见解：首先，元喜欢在互动过程中逐渐增加，默认元喜欢和变化分数都存在很大的个体差异。其次，外向性、神经质和自尊预测了最初的元喜欢。第三，喜欢他人也与最初的元喜欢和早期变化有关，而互动结束时的元喜欢变化独立于所有这些特征发生，并且不能通过互动伙伴的表达行为来预测。本研究代表了基于初始社交互动中的性格特征和社会互动体验的元喜欢的默认期望和更新的首次实证测试。我们从一个更广泛的框架来讨论我们的结果，以了解元感知是如何在相识过程的早期形成和更新的。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。