Rejected and excluded forevermore, but even more devoted: Irrevocable ostracism intensifies loyalty to the group among identity-fused persons

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1574-1586

  Gómez, Ángel ^a   Morales, J Francisco ^a   Hart, Sonia ^b   Vázquez, Alexandra ^a   Swann Jr , William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

identification; identity fusion; ostracism; self verification; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SPAIN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055075786     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211424580     Document Type: Article

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