When destiny hurts: Implicit theories of relationships moderate aggressive responses to ostracism

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• 作者：Zhansheng Chen ; C. Nathan DeWall ; Kai-Tak Poon ; Ee-Wen Chen
• 关键词：Implicit theories of relationships ; Ostracism ; Aggression ; Destiny beliefs
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：48
• 期：5
• 页码：1029-1036
• 全文大小：398 K

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The current research investigates the role of implicit theories of relationships in modulating aggressive responses to ostracism. Three studies tested whether destiny beliefs (that potential relationships are either fundamentally compatible or not) predispose people to behave aggressively in the wake of ostracism. In Study 1, individual differences in destiny beliefs moderated the relationship between ostracism and aggressive affect. Two additional studies showed that manipulated destiny beliefs (vs. growth beliefs) caused ostracized participants to blast a provocateur with aversive noise (Study 2) and to give a destructive job candidate evaluation to a stranger (Study 3). These results highlight the significance of implicit theories in understanding risk factors for ostracism-related aggression.