Research by psychologists has revealed that online ostracism is a threat to children’s self-esteem. The study looked at how children, adolescents and adults react to being ostracised by other players ...

People who score higher for narcissistic traits are more likely to feel ostracized than those with lower scores, found a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Workplace ostracism refers to someone being excluded from social interaction in the workplace without any explanation. Published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, a recent study by the University of ...

Children who are intentionally excluded from activities tend to engage in less physical activity and more sedentary behaviors, according to a study published today in Pediatrics, the journal of the ...

Conventional wisdom holds that gossip and social exclusion are always malicious, undermining trust and morale in groups. But sharing this kind of "reputational information" could have benefits for ...

(Medical Xpress) -- Humans need to belong. Yet they also commonly leave others out. Animals abandon the weakest to ensure the survival of the fittest. So do kindergartners and ’tweens, softball ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Kipling D. Williams, a Purdue University professor of psychological sciences, is one of the ostracism experts featured in the documentary "Reject" that will be shown later this ...

Ostracism or exclusion may not leave external scars, but it can cause pain that often is deeper and lasts longer than a physical injury, according to a Purdue University expert. When a person is ...

The institution of ostracism, believed to have been created by Cleisthenes, was not actually used until 487 BC; some 20 years after his reforms. Designed as a safeguard for protecting democracy, it ...

AS EVERY AMERICAN knows, democracies need a means to deal with office-holders whose behaviour seems so terrible that they simply have to go. Modern states have impeachment; ancient Athens had ...