Excluded from humanity: The dehumanizing effects of social ostracism

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Haslam, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyberball; Dehumanization; Ostracism; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449658837     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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