Losing Our Humanity: The Self-Dehumanizing Consequences of Social Ostracism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-169

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Chen, Hannah ^a   Radke, Helena R M ^a   Harding, Jessica F ^b   Fasoli, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

dehumanization; moral disengagement; prosocial behavior; self perception; social ostracism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANISM; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873431020     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212471205     Document Type: Article

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