The Reijntjes and Colleagues Study in Which Adolescents Played an Online

Multiple Choice

The Reijntjes and colleagues study in which adolescents played an online game and were either excluded or included by the other players demonstrated that:

A) exclusion by unfamiliar peers had little impact on adolescents' feelings about themselves.
B) online communication with friends reduced the impact of being excluded more than communication with unfamiliar peers.
C) adolescents who engaged in text messaging with an unfamiliar peer recovered from exclusion to a greater extent than did those who did not engage in text messaging.
D) adolescents who have poor self-esteem and poor peer relationships benefit from online communication to a lesser extent than do adolescents who have higher self-esteem and better peer relationships.