When Do We Ostracize?

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-115

  Wesselmann, Eric D ^a   Wirth, James H ^b   Pryor, John B ^c   Reeder, Glenn D ^c   Williams, Kipling D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burden; ostracism; social control; social exclusion; social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870868780     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612443386     Document Type: Article

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