Motivations for Prevention or Promotion Following Social Exclusion: Being Rejected Versus Being Ignored

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-431

  Molden, Daniel C ^a   Lucas, Gale M ^a   Gardner, Wendi L ^a   Dean, Kristy ^b   Knowles, Megan L ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety versus dejection; counterfactual thinking; regulatory focus; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749111263     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012958     Document Type: Article

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