Friends with each other but strangers to you: Source relationship softens ostracism's blow

Nicole E. Iannone; Megan K. McCarty; Janice R. Kelly; Kipling D. Williams

doi:10.1037/gdn0000018

Friends with each other but strangers to you: Source relationship softens ostracism's blow

Nicole E. Iannone, Megan K. McCarty, Janice R. Kelly, Kipling D. Williams

Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus

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This study explored how the relationship between sources of ostracism, whether they are friends or strangers to each other, influences the targeted person's reactions to ostracism. Participants interacted with 2 confederates who indicated that they were friends or strangers with each other. Participants were then ostracized or included by the confederates in Cyberball. The results indicated that being ostracized by 2 people who were strangers to each other made participants feel worse than being ostracized by 2 people who were friends with each other. Additionally, participants felt best being included by 2 people who were strangers to each other. These findings may have occurred as a result of differential expectations for inclusion and exclusion from 2 people who are friends, rather than strangers, to each other.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	349-356
Number of pages	8
Journal	Group Dynamics
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000018
State	Published - Dec 1 2014

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Social Psychology
Applied Psychology

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