Ostracism

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 425-452

  Williams, Kipling D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ignoring; Rejection; Silent treatment; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847134402     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085641     Document Type: Review

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