Ostracism: Consequences and coping

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-75

  Williams, Kipling D ^a   Nida, Steve A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Citadel ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

belonging; cyberball; exclusion; ignoring; ostracism; rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960270446     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411402480     Document Type: Review

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