TY - JOUR
T1 - Righting the Wrong
T2 - Reparative Coping after Going Along with Ostracism
AU - Legate, Nicole
AU - DeHaan, Cody
AU - Ryan, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/9/3
Y1 - 2015/9/3
N2 - Most of the focus within the ostracism literature concerns the negative effects on the ostracized and how they cope following ostracism. Research is now beginning to illuminate negative psychological effects for ostracizers, yet no studies to date have examined their coping responses. This study continues this line of inquiry focusing on experiences of going along with ostracism, both by employing a face-to-face interaction and by exploring prosocial versus antisocial coping reactions in ostracizers. Results reveal that compared to those in a neutral condition, compliant ostracizers suffered because ostracizing someone else frustrated their psychological needs for autonomy and relatedness. Further, when given the chance, ostracizers were more inclusive of the person they previously ostracized. Discussion considers important avenues for future research as well as implications of results.
AB - Most of the focus within the ostracism literature concerns the negative effects on the ostracized and how they cope following ostracism. Research is now beginning to illuminate negative psychological effects for ostracizers, yet no studies to date have examined their coping responses. This study continues this line of inquiry focusing on experiences of going along with ostracism, both by employing a face-to-face interaction and by exploring prosocial versus antisocial coping reactions in ostracizers. Results reveal that compared to those in a neutral condition, compliant ostracizers suffered because ostracizing someone else frustrated their psychological needs for autonomy and relatedness. Further, when given the chance, ostracizers were more inclusive of the person they previously ostracized. Discussion considers important avenues for future research as well as implications of results.
KW - Coping strategies
KW - motivation
KW - self-determination theory
KW - sources of ostracism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939499161&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00224545.2015.1062352
DO - 10.1080/00224545.2015.1062352
M3 - Article
C2 - 26267128
AN - SCOPUS:84939499161
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 155
SP - 471
EP - 482
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 5
ER -