When destiny hurts: Implicit theories of relationships moderate aggressive responses to ostracism

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1029-1036

  Chen, Zhansheng ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^b   Poon, Kai Tak ^a   Chen, Ee Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Destiny beliefs; Implicit theories of relationships; Ostracism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863325378     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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