@article{ref1,
title="Replenishing connectedness: reminders of social activity reduce aggression after social exclusion",
journal="British journal of social psychology",
year="2007",
author="Twenge, Jean M. and Zhang, Liqing and Catanese, Kathleen R. and Dolan-Pascoe, Brenda and Lyche, Leif F. and Baumeister, Roy F.",
volume="46",
number="Pt 1",
pages="205-224",
abstract="Previous research found that social rejection leads to increased aggression. How can this aggressive behaviour be prevented? Four experiments demonstrate that reminders of social activity reduce aggression after social exclusion. A brief, friendly social connection with an experimenter (versus a neutral interaction) reduced aggression after social rejection. A traditional mood induction had no effect on aggressive behaviour, showing that an activity must be social to be effective. Participants who wrote about a family member, a friend or a favourite celebrity were also not aggressive after rejection. The effect was mediated by trust in other people but not by state self-esteem or mood. Rejected participants who have an alternative source of social connection eschew the increased aggression usually displayed after social exclusion.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-6665",
doi="10.1348/014466605X90793",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/014466605X90793"
}