Social exclusion increases aggression and self-defeating behavior while reducing intelligent thought and prosocial behavior

Social Psychology of Inclusion and Exclusion

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 27-46

  Twenge, Jean M ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203496176     Document Type: Chapter

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