Motivations for responses to ostracism

Frontiers in Psychology

Eric D. Wesselmann¹ 

关键词: ostracism;    social exclusion;    rejection;    pro-social behavior;    anti-social behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00040

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Ostracism (being ignored and excluded) and other forms of interpersonal rejection threaten individuals' physical and psychological well-being (Williams and Nida, 2011). Researchers often use the terms ostracism, social exclusion, and rejection interchangeably, but there are theoretical and empirical debates about the differential effects of these phenomena (Smart Richman and Leary, 2009; Williams, 2009; Bernstein and Claypool, 2012). We acknowledge these debates but choose to use the term ostracism ubiquitously for simplicity because most of the outcomes we discuss are similar across the phenomena. Most individuals experience these threats at least once during their lives, and some individuals experience them daily (Williams, 2009).

【 授权许可】

CC BY