%0 Journal Article
%T Face needs, intragroup status, and women's reactions to socially aggressive face threats
%J Personal Relationships
%D 2010
%A Willer, Erin K.
%A Soliz, Jordan
%V 17
%N 4
%P 557-571
%X Socially aggressive face threats (SAFTs) are messages that threaten one's identity or positive face. Given the potential negative consequences of being a recipient of such behavior, the role of positive face needs, intragroup status, and the face-threatening nature of social aggression in predicting correlates of negative affect experienced as a result of being a target of SAFTs, including the face threat of the response, forgiveness, and well-being was investigated. On the basis of the survey responses from 199 college-aged women, findings indicated that targets' positive face needs and intragroup status are directly and indirectly associated with forgiveness and overall well-being. Implications for these findings in relation to theorizing about face and intragroup identity, as well as limitations and suggestions for future research were provided.<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 1350-4126
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01297.x