The KKK won't let me play: ostracism even by a despised outgroup hurts

By Karen Gonsalkorale, Kipling D. Williams. 2007

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The effects of "phubbing" on social interaction (2018, background): “Gonsalkorale and Williams (2007) found that being ostracized even by a despised outgroup lowers mood and has a negative impact on fundamental needs.”
Age-related changes in the effect of ostracism (2011, neutral): “…DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2010.525852 Williams & Sommer, 1997), or a negative response, such as externalized behavior problems including aggression (Gonsalkorale & Williams, 2007; Twenge, Baumeister, Tice, & Stucke, 2001; van Beest & Williams, 2006; Warburton, Williams, & Cairns, 2006) and…”
`They Don't Like Our Kind': Consequences of Being Ostracized While Possessing a Group Membership (2009, methodology): “Group membership and differences in group identifi cation can be added to the list of factors that do not moderate the refl exive response to ostracism (e.g. Gonsalkorale & Williams, 2007; van Beest & Williams, 2006, 2008; Zadro, Williams, & Richardson, 2004).”
Ostracism in everyday life. (2012, background): “These negative reactions occur even when the ostracizers are despised (e.g., the KKK; Gonsalkorale & Williams, 2007) or when being ostracized is financially beneficial (van Beest & Williams, 2006).”
Having Responsive Facebook Friends Affects the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs More Than Having Many Facebook Friends (2014, background): “They occur when one is neglected by other human beings but also by a computer (Zadro, Williams, & Richardson, 2004) or a despised outgroup (such as the Ku Klux Klan; Gonsalkorale & Williams, 2007).”
Threats to belonging on Facebook: lurking and ostracism (2015, methodology): “We used Gonsalkorale and Williams’ (2007) measure of perceived belonging [e.g., “I felt disconnected” (reversed)], self-esteem (e.g., “I felt good about myself”), control (e.g., “I felt powerful”), and meaningful existence [e.g., “I felt meaningless” (reversed)].”
The psychological sting of stigma: The costs of attributing ostracism to racism (2010, background): “Gonsalkorale and Williams (2007) asked college students to play a computerized game of toss – Cyberball—with two other players alleged to belong to either a despised out-group (the Australian KKK), a political in-group, or a rival political out-group.”