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Ostracism and other forms of interpersonal rejection are common aversive experiences - ones that most people

experience at least once in their lives (Williams, 2009, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology).

This page includes a collection of pages describing research projects focused on understanding the

psychological dynamics of ostracizing, excluding, or rejecting others.

We highlight data, materials, and supplemental files related to a special issue ofThe Journal of Social

Psychology entitled, "Investigating how individuals feel ostracizing others." We also offer this page as a forum

for presenting links to other studies designed to investigate this understudied aspect of ostracism research.

JSP Special Issue Projects

• Gooley, et al. "Motivated Sources."https://osf.io/cj3xd/

• Legate et al. "Reparative coping after going along with ostracism."https://osf.io/knxcg/

• Nezlek, et al. "Ostracism in everyday life: The effect of ostracism on those whoostracize." https://osf.io/fx8d2/ 

• Wesselmann, et al. "The role of burden and deviation in ostracizing others." https://osf.io/nrf72/

• Wirth, et al. "Atimia: A new paradigm for investigating how individuals feel when ostracizing

others."https://osf.io/6fgnq/

• Wirth, et al. "Atimia: A new paradigm for investigating how individuals feel when ostracizing

others."https://osf.io/6fgnq/

Other Research Projects

• Coddington and Grahe. "Conversation paradigms and Cyberostracism."https://osf.io/hwy8v/

• Wesselmann, et al., (2013). "Revisitng Schachter's research on rejection, deviance, and

communication."https://osf.io/4ypsj/

We welcome your contributions please contact us if you would like us to link your page.

Full Special Issue Table of Contents

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vsoc20/current#.VcJ14UuRmhM/

• Grahe, J. E. (2015). Commentary on sources of ostracism research,The Journal of Social

Psychology155, 403-409.

• Gooley, S. L., Zadro, L., Williams, L. A., Svetieva, E., & Gonsalkorale, K. (2015). Ostracizing for a

reason: A novel source paradigm for examining the nature and consequences of motivated

ostracism.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 410-431.

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• Nezlek, J. B., Wesselmann, E. D., Wheeler, L., & Williams, K. D. (2015). Ostracism in everyday life:

The effects of ostracism on those who ostracize.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 432-451.

• Poulsen, J. R., & Carmon, A. F. (2015). Who would do hat? A theory-based analysis of narratives of

sources of family ostracism.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 452-470.

• Legate, N., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. (2015). Righting the wrong: Reparative coping after going along

with ostracism.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 471-482.

• Wesselmann, E. D., Wirth, J. H., Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. ., & Williams, K. D. (2015). The role of burden

and deviation in ostracizing others.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 483-496.

• Wirth, J. H., Bernstein, M. J., & LeRoy, A. S. (2015). Atimia: A new paradigm for investigating how

individuals feel when ostracizing others.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 497-514.

• Poon, K., & Chen, Z. (2015). How does the source of rejection perceive innocent victims?The Journal

of Social Psychology 155, 515-526.

• Van Tongeren, D. R., Root Luna, L. M., & Witvliet, C. V. O. (2015). Insufficent justification for exclusion

prompts compensatory behavior.The Journal of Social Psychology 155, 527-534.

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• LEAD CONTRIBUTORS:

• Kathryn Coddington - Pacific Lutheran University

• Lane Vanderford - Pacific Lutheran University

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

• Jon Grahe - Pacific Lutheran University (Faculty Advisor)

• PROJECT HISTORY:

• FUTURE GOALS:

• In the Spring of 2015, researchers Coddington and Vanderford plan to expand the current 2 x 2

ostracism design. This research will be part of their senior Capstone course at their University. Like

basic ostracism, cyberostracism is becoming increasingly prevalent, and should have a profound effect

on well-being—it should definitely be studied further. With more exploration and understanding of the

nature of cyberostracism, researchers could gain additional insight into how to better predict and

combat its negative impacts as a whole. Thus, Coddington and Vanderford hope to continue this

project and want to investigate the effects of cyberostracism on feelings as noted by the basic needs

scale (belongingness, self-esteem, meaningful existence, and control; see Williams, 1997) in an

experimental setting. In the Spring, Coddington and Vanderford seek to see the negative impacts on

the Needs Threat Scale for both the target and the source of such cyberostracism.

• NOTABLE REFERENCES: Forges, J., Williams, K., & Von Hippel, W. (2003). Social judgments implicit

and explicit processes. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

• Ruggieri, S., Bendixen, M., Gabriel, U., & Alsaker, F. (2013). Cyberball: The impact of ostracism on the

well-being of early adolescents. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 72(2), 103-109. doi:10.1024/1421-

0185/a000103

• Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Hales, A. H. (2013). Vicarious Ostracism. Frontiers in Human

Neuroscience, 7. Williams, K. D. (2001). Ostracism: The Power of Silence. New York, New York: The

Guilford Press.

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• Williams, K. D. (2007). Ostracism. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 425-452. doi:

10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085641

• Williams K. D., Cheung C. T., Choi W. (2000). Cyberostracism: Effects of being ignored over the

Internet. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(5), 748-62. doi: 10.1037/0022-

3514.79.5.748

• Zadro, L. & Gonsalkorale, K. (2014). Sources of ostracism: The nature and consequences of excluding

and ignoring others. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(2), 93-97. doi:

10.1177/0963721413520321

• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2004). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer is

sufficient to lower self-reported levels of belonging, control, self-esteem, and meaningful existence.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(4), 560-567. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2003.11.006