TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Ostracism increases automatic aggression: the role of anger and forgiveness
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Zhang, Denghao
A1  - Li, Sen
A1  - Shao, Lei
A1  - Hales, Andrew H.
A1  - Williams, Kipling D.
A1  - Teng, Fei
SP  - e2659
EP  - e2659
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - While research on the "ostracism-aggression" link has focused on controlled processes in aggression, little effort has been devoted to examining the relation between ostracism and automatic aggression. Based on theories of aggression, we found that ostracized participants reported higher levels of automatic aggression than included participants (Studies 1 and 2). Furthermore, the association between ostracism and automatic aggression was mediated by anger and was especially prominent for people low in forgiveness (as compared to people high in forgiveness; Study 3). The implications of these findings are discussed.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Zhang, Li, Shao, Hales, Williams and Teng.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02659
ID  - ref1
ER  -