Ostracized but why? Effects of attributions and empathy on connecting with the socially excluded.

The present research examined people's responses towards others' exclusion experience. The authors predicted that both causal attributions and empathy would mediate whether people affiliate with a victim of an ambiguous exclusion experience. Perceivers observing another's exclusion (r...

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Main Authors: Michael J Bernstein, Zhansheng Chen, Kai-Tak Poon, Jacob A Benfield, Henry K S Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6075751?pdf=render