Excluded emotions: The role of anger in antisocial responses to ostracism

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 896-903

  Chow, Rosalind M ^a   Tiedens, Larissa Z ^a   Govan, Cassandra L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sweeney Research

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Emotions; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549159774     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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